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.

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.

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?

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)

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.

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.

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.

Are distractions taking over your ability to think freely? At our #FreeSpeechSummit2025, @nitafarahany.bsky.social shares how you can take back your cognitive liberty.

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

@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!

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...

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

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

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

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

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...

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...

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

Mirror mirror on the wall. What happens when Ai manipulates us all? open.substack.com/pub/nitafara...

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

At #FreeSpeechSummit2025, @nitafarahany.bsky.social discusses our cognitive liberty in the digital age.

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

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...

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...

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...

The Tech Titans Are Coming for Your Brain open.substack.com/pub/staytune...

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

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. open.substack.com/pub/nitafara...

The Neurotech Inflection Point open.substack.com/pub/nitafara...

Are you following neural data laws? Have you considered the unintended consequences? nitafarahany.substack.com/p/your-medit...

#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" open.substack.com/pub/staytune...

Who do you trust with your medical care? Your AI Will See You Now. open.substack.com/pub/staytune...

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...

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.

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...

When AI Refuses to Die open.substack.com/pub/staytune...

#DukeU Provost Alec D. Gallimore launches #AI initiative and steering committee, naming S&S Director @nitafarahany.bsky.social as faculty chair of trustworthy and responsible AI today.duke.edu/2025/05/prov... #AIethics

🧠 What if the fight for human rights starts in your own mind? This week’s @legallyspeakingpod.bsky.social, sponsored by @goclio.bsky.social, I spoke with @nitafarahany.bsky.social on neurotech, AI & mental privacy. Your brain data is up for grabs. Read more: www.linkedin.com/posts/robert...

🧠 What if your thoughts were no longer private? Neurotech isn’t sci-fi—it’s now. Next on @legallyspeakingpod.bsky.social ™️, sponsored by @goclio.bsky.social, I speak with Professor @nitafarahany.bsky.social on why cognitive liberty may be the next human right. 🎧 open.spotify.com/episode/73CE...

Delighted to join @preetbharara.bsky.social and other contributors on #Substack. Check out my first post bringing you up to speed about the battle for your brain. substack.com/@nitafarahan...

Finally getting around to posting in my account a link to Shai Carmi, Henry T. Greely & Kevin J. Mitchell, Embryo Editing for Disease Is Unsafe and Unproven, NATURE (Jan. 8, 2025) doi.org/10.1038/d415.... Shai and Kevin did most of the work, & I'm very pleased w/it! www.nature.com/articles/d41...