Science investigation: companies are training AI on your brain wave data without telling users
EricTopol · x · 2026-11-06
Eric Topol highlights a Science magazine feature by Jonathan Moens, "The Scramble for Your Brain Data." The report shows companies are using wearable neurotechnologies to collect users' brain wave data and train AI models of the brain — without telling users. The piece extends AI data-ethics debates from scraped text to neuroprivacy: ingesting written work without permission is one thing, doing it with brain waves is another.
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