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Stanford creates brain implant that decodes thoughts, requires mental password

Ellsworth Toohey
Aug 19, 2025
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Scientists have created a brain implant that can decode a person's inner thoughts with 74% accuracy, but only after they mentally "speak" a personalized password, with one participant using the phrase "Chitty-Chitty-Bang-Bang."

The Stanford University team, in research published in Cell, developed this brain…

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