‘Article 5 of the Artificial Intelligence (AI) Act in the European Union (EU) came into force on 2 February 2025. A provision that is of considerable interest is Article 5(1)(a) of the AI Act, which prohibits the deployment and use of AI systems that can unconsciously manipulate or alter a person’s behaviour and hamper their ability to make informed choices, leading to the reasonable likelihood of significant harm. Recital 29 of the AI Act specifies that such techniques may include “machine-brain interfaces”, a set of technical advancements that are colloquially referred to as “neurotechnology”. In this post, it is argued that the complete prohibition on use of AI systems falling within Article 5(1)(a) is a logical culmination of the unqualified protection that is given to protection of “thought” from external intervention in human rights jurisprudence. ‘
Link: https://ohrh.law.ox.ac.uk/playing-with-the-brain-the-ai-act-in-the-age-of-neurotechnology/
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