The ethical debate is sparked by a study in Japan on AI that can 'read' minds.

Researchers at Osaka University used an AI model called Stable Diffusion to decode brain activity and create images of what test subjects were seeing. The AI generated high-quality images that bore an uncanny resemblance to the original pictures, despite not being shown them in advance or trained to manufacture the results. However, the researchers stressed that this does not represent mind-reading, as the AI can only produce images of things that a person has viewed. The breakthrough has sparked ethical debates about the potential future implications of the technology.