As neurotechnology and AI advance, the human mind is becoming a new frontier for rights protection. Do we need new human rights or are existing rights sufficient to protect the brain? What actually needs to be protected? This panel will explore what it will take to safeguard the brain in the age of AI.

Jared Genser, Co-Founder and General Counsel of the Neurorights Foundation, will discuss the Foundation’s work and Chile’s pioneering legal reforms to protect neural data and mental privacy. Rajul Shrivastava, AI governance researcher, Global Youth Ambassador with Theirworld, and founder of Beyond AI, will examine concerns about cognitive dependency and over-reliance on AI among young people. Dafna Feinholz, Chief of the Bioethics and Ethics of Science Section at UNESCO, will discuss how countries can address the ethical, legal, and social implications of emerging technologies, drawing on her work overseeing the Recommendations on the Ethics of AI and the Ethics of Neurotechnology. Marking one year since the adoption of UNESCO’s Recommendation on the Ethics of Neurotechnology, the panel will explore what it will take to safeguard the brain in the age of AI.