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Nita Farahany @nitafarahany.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
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Daniel Solove @daniel-solove.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Great movie list from @nitafarahany.bsky.social who aptly notes the movies put “risks we are facing in the hardware and software, but underlying it all is the choices that we make.” Agreed. The biggest danger we face is not tech but the humans creating and using tech. substack.com/home/post/p-...
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Ten Movies That Help Us Understand the AI Moment
And what each one gets wrong
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Anil Seth @anilseth.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
5/6 @nitafarahany.bsky.social and I will be addressing some of these questions in a forthcoming commentary - where we'll also offer an ethically-informed roadmap to guide this important research as it progresses. In this context, "pacing the frontier" really does make sense 😉
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Nita Farahany @nitafarahany.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Just out in Nature an extraordinary paper by @sergiuppasca.bsky.social and his team who genetically altered mice & transferred organoids derived from human neural cells into the cortex. @anilseth.bsky.social and I explore the ethical implications in a forthcoming commentary.
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Nita Farahany @nitafarahany.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Breakthrough in Science: “Human brain cells transplanted into mice in ‘most extensive’ integration ever” nitafarahany.substack.com/p/breakthrou...
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Breakthrough in Science: “Human brain cells transplanted into mice in ‘most extensive’ integration ever”
A quite aside from our regularly schedule class
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BobbyGvegas™ … Heretic ☑️ @bobbygvegas.bsky.social · 29/03/2026
UPDATE at KHIT.org ... Are Big Tech social media apps inherently dangerous to children—and troubled adults? @nitafarahany.bsky.social @byjacobward.bsky.social @lauriesegall.bsky.social @mostlyhumanai.bsky.social @ainowinstitute.bsky.social @mustafasuleymanai.bsky.social @msnowreports.bsky.social
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Duke University Initiative for Science & Society @dukescisoc.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
Protecting One’s Own Mind - @nitafarahany.bsky.social explains why safeguarding your cognitive liberty has never been more urgent. today.duke.edu/2026/06/prot... #cognitiveliberty #neuroethics
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Protecting One’s Own Mind | Duke Today
Nita Farahany explains why safeguarding your cognitive liberty has never been been more urgent
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Jon Marcus @jmcrapola.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
Your brain might be the next data point companies want to track — and monetize. www.youtube.com/watch?v=k5jE... @nitafarahany.bsky.social
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Your Right to Mental Privacy in the Age of Brain-Sensing Tech | Nita Farahany | TED
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Jason Hartline @jasonhartline.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
[April 30, 1-2:30pm CT] CSLaw Workshop 38: Panel on Casebooks on AI Law & Policy @paulohm.bsky.social (@georgetownlaw.bsky.social) organizes CSLaw Workshop 38 featuring: @margarethu.bsky.social, Margot Kaminski, @nitafarahany.bsky.social, @danlinna.bsky.social. www.cslawworkshop.org #socialcal
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CS+Law
When: Third Friday of each month at 1 PM Central Time (sometimes fourth Friday; next workshop: Thursday, April 30, 1:00 to 2:30 p.m. Central Time). What: First 90 minutes: Two presentations of CS+Law...
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Hank Greely @hankgreely.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
For those few who might care, I've got a short piece in the @law.stanford.edu magazine on the 50th anniversary of the opening of our main building complex, Crown Quadrangle. law.stanford.edu/stanford-law... It was fun to write.
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Celebrating Crown Quadrangle | Stanford Law School
Stanford Law School has had four homes. Initially, in 1894, it operated from rooms in Encina Hall, then a men’s dormitory. In 1900, it moved into tw
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Nita Farahany @nitafarahany.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
The only appropriate question is how threatening the mass genocide of innocent people can possibly be ok. It cannot. No, I am not ok. No, this is not ok. No, we can never repair the damage from what has been said.
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Hank Greely @hankgreely.bsky.social · 29/03/2026
An add to limits on cloning mice www.nature.com/articles/d41... I noted earlier that 58 generations of humans would be about 1600 yrs. But, also, if you froze cells from the 1st, or other early, clones, you should be able to restart with them. Say, run 30 generations then start again. Indefinitely?
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Can a mouse be cloned indefinitely? Decades-long experiment has answers
Repeated cloning from a single mouse failed after 58 generations. Researchers say harmful DNA changes are to blame.
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Hank Greely @hankgreely.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
Ah, @nitafarahany.bsky.social on "the biggest lie on the internet": our "consents". nitafarahany.substack.com/p/the-bigges... SO true; such a problem for contract law, conceptually at least. ("Contract law" doesn't seem to care, tho)
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The Biggest Lie on the Internet (Inside my Advanced Topics in AI Law and Policy Class #8.1)
Consent, Cognitive Overload, and the Architecture of Manipulation
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The Future of Free Speech @futurefreespeech.org · 24/02/2026
This one habit is controlling your thoughts and actions. Learn what @nitafarahany.bsky.social says is impeding our ability to think freely from our #FreeSpeechSummit2025.
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The Future of Free Speech @futurefreespeech.org · 18/02/2026
Does our ability to speak freely matter if we can't think freely? At our #FreeSpeechSummit2025, @nitafarahany.bsky.social argues that one carries a bigger risk.
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The Future of Free Speech @futurefreespeech.org · 20/02/2026
Stalin needed violence. Orwell needed telescreens. All we needed was a "notification." At our #FreeSpeechSummit2025, @nitafarahany.bsky.social argues that the battle for our attention is shaping the marketplace of ideas right under our noses.
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The Future of Free Speech @futurefreespeech.org · 21/02/2026
Are distractions taking over your ability to think freely? At our #FreeSpeechSummit2025, @nitafarahany.bsky.social shares how you can take back your cognitive liberty.
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The DSR Network @thedsrnetwork.bsky.social · 20/01/2026
With an expanding AI industry, more companies are finding ways to analyze data straight from your brain. @nitafarahany.bsky.social, an expert on the implications of emerging technologies, joins @djrothkopf.bsky.social to explore this and more. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/d... youtu.be/LZRgJLvQBPE
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Democracy First! @prodemocracy1st.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
@nitafarahany.bsky.social heard you on podcast with @djrothkopf.bsky.social - Fascinating, yet existential. Sounds like Surveillance Capitalism 2.0 - Now following. Good luck with your book!
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Stephan Geering @stephangeering.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
Excellent introduction into AI red teaming by @nitafarahany.bsky.social including an AI vulnerability crash course, the issue of emergent situational awareness and what role legal / AI governance teams have in red teaming. nitafarahany.substack.com/p/red-teamin...
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Red-Teaming AI (Inside my AI Law and Policy Class #12)
"I think you're testing me," says Claude.
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kindlecast.bsky.social @kindlecast.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
We can decode brain states—but we still don’t know what consciousness is. So what are we really regulating? Neuroethicist Professor Nita Farahany on cognitive liberty and the meaning of being human. @nitafarahany.bsky.social #cognitiveliberty #neuroethics #consciousness
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Christina Ayiotis @christinaayiotis.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
Great TeachPrivacy event on "#Privacy of the #Mind" w/ Daniel Solove interviewing Nita Farahany (Duke Law), author of "The Battle for Your Brain" about the latest developments in mental privacy & neurotechnology. www.linkedin.com/events/74123... @daniel-solove.bsky.social @nitafarahany.bsky.social
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kindlecast.bsky.social @kindlecast.bsky.social · 20/01/2026
From perfume counters to police interrogations—brain data is already being captured, analyzed, and repurposed. Neuroethicist Professor Nita Farahany on the coming intensification of neurotech. @nitafarahany.bsky.social #cognitiveliberty #neurotechnology #mentalprivacy
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Hank Greely @hankgreely.bsky.social · 17/01/2026
I wonder how many Iranian protesters Trump just got killed. "Go ahead, protest, the US has your back." Oh, wait, never mind. I'm almost done listening to The King of Kings, a new history of the 1979 Iranian Revolution by Scott Anderson. VERY good, I think. I just got to the part wh/the new regime
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Hank Greely @hankgreely.bsky.social · 26/11/2025
This is smart, & timely. @nitafarahany.bsky.social on whether the US is really "at war" (w/China) over AI & why the framing may matter. Trump signed an Executive Order on Monday calling his AI project “comparable in urgency and ambition to the Manhattan Project.” open.substack.com/pub/staytune...
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Is America Really at War Over AI?
Trump's executive order reveals how this administration thinks about AI
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Hank Greely @hankgreely.bsky.social · 19/11/2025
ICYMI, good @statnews.com piece on FDA de novo authorization of the Q collar as a sports concussion prevention & how it misleads people. And, bigger than one device, how softening FDA "approvals," "authorizations," and "clearances" is bad. www.statnews.com/2025/11/02/q...
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A sports device to ‘protect the brain’ illustrates a major problem with the FDA de novo pathway
“This is not just about one device. It’s about what happens when institutions grow comfortable living in their own ambiguity and hiding behind opacity.”
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Nita Farahany @nitafarahany.bsky.social · 19/11/2025
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U.S. AI Policy Myths and Realities (Inside my AI Law and Policy Class #22)
The Three Pillars and Their Execution
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Hank Greely @hankgreely.bsky.social · 28/10/2025
Pig kidney removed after 9 working mo www.science.org/content/arti... BUT I never knew about a 61 yr old record! "The xenotransplant record Andrews had been about to pass belonged to Edyth Parker, a 23-yr-old Louisiana school teacher. On 13 January 1964, Parker received a transplant of a chimpanzee
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Man’s pig kidney fails just shy of setting record
The xenotransplant, from a gene-edited pig, had survived for nearly 9 months in Tim Andrews
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Nita Farahany @nitafarahany.bsky.social · 28/10/2025
Mirror mirror on the wall. What happens when Ai manipulates us all? open.substack.com/pub/nitafara...
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When AI Learns to Manipulate: The Line Between Harm and Exploitation (Class #15)
Understanding AI Manipulation
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Duke University Initiative for Science & Society @dukescisoc.bsky.social · 21/10/2025
Take a free (virtual) seat in @nitafarahany.bsky.social's Duke Law class. This week, "When Anyone Can Fake Anything" the state of #deepfakes, their harms, and the difficulty detecting them. nitafarahany.substack.com/p/when-anyon... #AI #DukeLaw #PostTruth #TechEthics #TechPolicy
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When Anyone Can Fake Anything (Inside My AI Law & Policy Class #14)
Deepfake Technology and the Post-Truth World
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Nita Farahany @nitafarahany.bsky.social · 09/10/2025
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Red-Teaming Governance: From Practice to Law (Class XIII)
When the NYT Became a “Hacker”
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The Future of Free Speech @futurefreespeech.org · 03/10/2025
At #FreeSpeechSummit2025, @nitafarahany.bsky.social discusses our cognitive liberty in the digital age.
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Nita Farahany @nitafarahany.bsky.social · 02/10/2025
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When AI Fails, Who Pays? (Inside my AI Law and Policy Class #11)
The Bromide Poisoning and the Liability Puzzle
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Ignacio G.R. Gavilán @igrgavilan.bsky.social · 06/09/2025
The possibilities but also the risks of #neurotechnology in this #TEDtalk 'Your right to mental privacy in the age of brain-sensing tech' (www.ted.com/talks/nita_f...) by @nitafarahany.bsky.social #neurotech #BrainSensing #privacy #neuroethics #neurorights
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Nita Farahany: Your right to mental privacy in the age of brain-sensing tech
Neurotechnology, or devices that let you track your own brain activity, could help you deeply understand your health. But without privacy protections, your innermost thoughts, emotions and desires cou...
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Nita Farahany @nitafarahany.bsky.social · 15/09/2025
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Training Data, Discovery Wars, and Who Gets Paid (Inside my AI Law & Policy Class #6)
When Courts Meet Code
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Scott @sjmorris.bsky.social · 28/08/2025
If you're working to get ahead of the AI-curve in order to try to shape our collective future, @nitafarahany.bsky.social is must-read. TL;DR - AI definitions and how to think about them - AI ethical issues I'd not thought about - Creativity - How to write better open.substack.com/pub/nitafara...
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Inside My AI Law & Policy Class (Class #1)
Every Monday & Wednesday this fall, I’m opening my classroom doors. Consider yourself enrolled.
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Stay Tuned with Preet @cafedotcom.bsky.social · 20/08/2025
Sam Altman wants to merge your brain with artificial intelligence. @nitafarahany.bsky.social breaks down the risks of brain-computer interfaces and what the technology could mean for the future of AI. Read: staytuned.substack.com/p/the-tech-t...
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Nita Farahany @nitafarahany.bsky.social · 27/08/2025
I’ve decided to “open the doors” to my AI law and policy class this fall. Why? Because we need an easy way for people to level up on an area that impacts all of our lives. How do you join? Easy, just subscribe. Then you're in! Share this widely! substack.com/@nitafarahan...
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Nita Farahany (@nitafarahany)
I’ve decided to “open the doors” to my AI law and policy class this fall. Why? Because we need an easy way for people to level up on an area that impacts all of our lives. Share this widely!
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Nita Farahany @nitafarahany.bsky.social · 20/08/2025
The Tech Titans Are Coming for Your Brain open.substack.com/pub/staytune...
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The Tech Titans Are Coming for Your Brain
And why the White House might let them
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Duke University Initiative for Science & Society @dukescisoc.bsky.social · 19/08/2025
Apple’s Neural Platform Play: What BCI-HID Actually Is—and Why It Could Quietly Standardize #Neurotech. How to win the brain-computer interface race without launching a brain-computer interface. @nitafarahany.bsky.social on Substack
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Apple’s Neural Platform Play: What BCI-HID Actually Is—and Why It Could Quietly Standardize Neurotech
How to win the brain-computer interface race without launching a brain-computer interface
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Duke University Initiative for Science & Society @dukescisoc.bsky.social · 18/08/2025
4-minute listen: Brain implants that decode a person's inner voice may threaten #privacy. www.npr.org/transcripts/... @npr.org @nitafarahany.bsky.social
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Nita Farahany @nitafarahany.bsky.social · 14/08/2025
Very cool to see researchers directly engage with issues of mental privacy to enable responsible innovation in neurotechnology. open.substack.com/pub/nitafara...
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Stanford Scientists Decode Inner Speech with 26-54% Accuracy
A Breakthrough for Paralysis and a Challenge for Mental Privacy
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Nita Farahany @nitafarahany.bsky.social · 09/08/2025
The Neurotech Inflection Point open.substack.com/pub/nitafara...
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The Neurotech Inflection Point
7 Patterns Reshaping Brain-Computer Interfaces
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Nita Farahany @nitafarahany.bsky.social · 05/08/2025
Are you following neural data laws? Have you considered the unintended consequences? nitafarahany.substack.com/p/your-medit...
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Duke University Initiative for Science & Society @dukescisoc.bsky.social · 28/07/2025
#Neurotech 🧠 can now track your health—and your thoughts. As brain-computer interfaces go mainstream, experts warn we're entering a new era of mental privacy. What laws protect your mind? S&S founding Director @nitafarahany.bsky.social explores the issue on @npr.org :
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Neurotech can monitor health and read thoughts. But what about mental privacy?
Developing neurotech can transform how we monitor and improve our well-being. But lawyer and AI ethicist Nita Farahany warns this tech can supercharge data tracking and infringe on our mental privacy.
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Nita Farahany @nitafarahany.bsky.social · 28/07/2025
Trump's Executive Order Targeting "Woke AI" open.substack.com/pub/staytune...
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Trump's Executive Order Targeting "Woke AI"
How scientists learned to read artificial minds, and the White House threatened to lobotomize them
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Nita Farahany @nitafarahany.bsky.social · 02/07/2025
Who do you trust with your medical care? Your AI Will See You Now. open.substack.com/pub/staytune...
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Your AI Will See You Now
AI is 4x more accurate than human doctors, but patients aren't reaping the benefits
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Bill Freedman @freedman1.bsky.social · 17/06/2025
Unintended consequences of #AI are now being studied and quantified. This podcast featuring @nitafarahany.bsky.social is chilling: AI is reshaping not just what we think but how we think. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/o...
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Outsourcing Thought - with Nicholas Thompson and Nita Farahany
Podcast Episode · The Most Interesting Thing in A.I. · 05/28/2025 · 43m
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Sergiu P. Pasca @sergiuppasca.bsky.social · 12/06/2025
Looking forward to a thought-provoking session today at @isscr.org in Hong Kong—discussing emerging ethical questions around neural #organoids, #assembloids, and their transplantation. Join us at 2 PM in Hall 3G.
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Nita Farahany @nitafarahany.bsky.social · 10/06/2025
It's not just about whether we regulate #AI or not. But whether we will even have the moral standing to do so. open.substack.com/pub/staytune...
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When AI Refuses to Die
Congress must decide whether to look the other way
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