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Industry News

Emotiv puts brain-computer interface apps in the browser

Emotiv's new site emotiv.dev offers seven browser-based brain-computer interface apps for its EEG headsets and keeps their brain data on the user's computer. Using the apps with a real headset requires consent to EmotivIQ, Emotiv's cloud AI service. Under terms updated in August and September, that consent lets Emotiv train its Large Brain Model on pseudonymised brain data from its own apps and cloud, and license the trained model to partners.

Oct 23

Policy & Regulation

California AB 1883 would prohibit employer collection of brain data unless used for safety

California Assemblymember Isaac Bryan's AB 1883, which regulates workplace surveillance including a specific prohibition on employer collection of neural data with a safety-use carve-out, has cleared the Assembly and moved most of the way through the Senate per CalMatters' 10 August 2026 tracking. A parallel Assembly Bill 1542 authored by Assemblymember Christopher Ward would prohibit the sale of neural data. Vermont S.71 (signed 16 June 2026) and H.814 (signed May 2026) are the most recent enacted comparators.

Aug 11

Policy & Regulation

EU AI Act transparency obligations apply today, high-risk obligations deferred to December 2027

On 2 August 2026, EU AI Act transparency obligations under Article 50 became applicable, requiring emotion-recognition and biometric-categorisation systems to notify natural persons exposed to them. The high-risk obligation suite under Annex III, including conformity assessment and human oversight, was deferred to 2 December 2027 by the Digital Omnibus (Regulation EU 2026/1744) adopted by the Council on 29 June and in force since 27 July 2026. Most compliance framings are conflating the two.

Aug 2