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Readiness verdict

Inner-Speech Neuroprosthesis (Stanford/UC Davis BrainGate)

A dated reading of what is claimed, reported, and independently verified in the current evidence.

As of
2026-06-28
Revision
1
Method
v1.0.0

Current reading

The readiness gap, in one scan

AI-assisted assembly · derived results

Claimed
35

Public ambition and stated capability

Reported
35

Observed practitioner reporting

Verified
31

Independently supported evidence

Gap
+4

Claimed minus verified

Evidence strength Strong

Decision

What the current evidence supports

Human editorial judgment · 2026-06-28

Too early to adopt

Why
A genuine scientific milestone (first real-time inner-speech decode, privacy lock at 98%+) but explicitly proof-of-principle: invasive, n=4, and unable to decode free-form thought reliably. No deployable surface exists.
Next
Track the Cell publication (Kunz/Willett, Aug 2025) and BrainGate2 follow-on cohorts; revisit when free-form decoding error rates drop and participant counts scale beyond single digits.

Constraints

Blockers

No named blocker is present in the current public projection.

Evidence summary

Derived counts

AI-assisted assembly

Total
8
Tier 1
0
Tier 2
6
Tier 3
2
Supports
4
Contradicts
2
Context
2
Latest observed
2025-08-15

Counts and dates only. Raw signals, private excerpts, trust records, and internal corpus material are not published here.

Publication record

Revisions

Initial public reading

This is the initial public reading. No earlier readiness change is recorded.

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