Nita Farahany
@nitafarahany.bsky.social
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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.”
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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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November 26, 2025 at 5:25 PM
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.”
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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...
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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November 19, 2025 at 6:44 AM
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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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
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
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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October 28, 2025 at 11:38 PM
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
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
Mirror mirror on the wall. What happens when Ai manipulates us all?
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When AI Learns to Manipulate: The Line Between Harm and Exploitation (Class #15)
Understanding AI Manipulation
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October 28, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Mirror mirror on the wall. What happens when Ai manipulates us all?
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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
#AI #DukeLaw #PostTruth #TechEthics #TechPolicy
When Anyone Can Fake Anything (Inside My AI Law & Policy Class #14)
Deepfake Technology and the Post-Truth World
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October 21, 2025 at 12:55 PM
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
#AI #DukeLaw #PostTruth #TechEthics #TechPolicy
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At #FreeSpeechSummit2025, @nitafarahany.bsky.social discusses our cognitive liberty in the digital age.
October 3, 2025 at 7:56 PM
At #FreeSpeechSummit2025, @nitafarahany.bsky.social discusses our cognitive liberty in the digital age.
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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
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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September 6, 2025 at 12:20 PM
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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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
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TL;DR
- AI definitions and how to think about them
- AI ethical issues I'd not thought about
- Creativity
- How to write better
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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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August 28, 2025 at 2:24 PM
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...
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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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...
@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...
August 20, 2025 at 5:26 PM
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...
@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...
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!
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How do you join? Easy, just subscribe. Then you're in!
Share this widely!
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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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August 27, 2025 at 4:25 PM
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!
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How do you join? Easy, just subscribe. Then you're in!
Share this widely!
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The Tech Titans Are Coming for Your Brain
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The Tech Titans Are Coming for Your Brain
And why the White House might let them
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August 20, 2025 at 2:53 PM
The Tech Titans Are Coming for Your Brain
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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. @nitafarahany.bsky.social on Substack
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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August 19, 2025 at 8:01 PM
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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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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August 18, 2025 at 3:04 PM
4-minute listen: Brain implants that decode a person's inner voice may threaten #privacy. www.npr.org/transcripts/... @npr.org @nitafarahany.bsky.social
Very cool to see researchers directly engage with issues of mental privacy to enable responsible innovation in neurotechnology.
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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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August 14, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Very cool to see researchers directly engage with issues of mental privacy to enable responsible innovation in neurotechnology.
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The Neurotech Inflection Point
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The Neurotech Inflection Point
7 Patterns Reshaping Brain-Computer Interfaces
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August 9, 2025 at 2:54 PM
The Neurotech Inflection Point
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Are you following neural data laws? Have you considered the unintended consequences? nitafarahany.substack.com/p/your-medit...
August 5, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Are you following neural data laws? Have you considered the unintended consequences? nitafarahany.substack.com/p/your-medit...
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#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 :
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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July 28, 2025 at 3:55 PM
#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 :
Trump's Executive Order Targeting "Woke AI"
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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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July 28, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Trump's Executive Order Targeting "Woke AI"
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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.
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This podcast featuring @nitafarahany.bsky.social is chilling: AI is reshaping not just what we think but how we think.
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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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June 17, 2025 at 1:22 PM
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.
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This podcast featuring @nitafarahany.bsky.social is chilling: AI is reshaping not just what we think but how we think.
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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.
June 12, 2025 at 3:07 AM
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.