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China has just approved the world's first national standard for BCI medical devices
that use AI to read brainwaves, setting rules for how that data is collected, stored and accessed.
So does this make the technology safer and more dependable for patients?
And does it finally bring BCIs into everyday medicine?
Coming to you live from our studios in Beijing, this is Roundtable.
I'm Steve Hatherly.
Thank you so much for being with us today.
And for the show, I'm with Yuxian and Yuxian.
First up.
Imagine someone who has lost the ability to move or speak after a neurological injury,
but may one day be able to communicate simply by thinking.
That's one of the hopes behind brain-computer interfaces, or BCIs.
As AI makes it possible to decode brain signals with greater precision,
the technology is moving closer to real-world medical use.
China has now approved the world's first product standard for BCI medical devices process EEG data,
setting requirements for how brain data is collected, processed, stored, and accessed.
So how can this standard make BCI safer and more reliable for patients,
and could it help bring this futuristic technology into everyday medical care?