Researchers find AI can be used to generate volumes of misleading content on critical health topics, call for vigilance – ET HealthWorld

Researchers find AI can be used to generate volumes of misleading content on critical health topics, call for vigilance – ET HealthWorld

New Delhi: A new study has shown that currently accessible AI tools can be used to produce over 100 misleading blogs, 20 deceptive images, and a convincing deep-fake video about vaping and vaccines in just over an hour that can be used to spread health disinformation. The video could even be adapted into 40 languages, … Read more

Alcohol-Related Deaths Spiked During First Year of Pandemic: Study

Alcohol-Related Deaths Spiked During First Year of Pandemic: Study

March 22, 2022 — The number of Americans who died from alcohol-related causes increased dramatically during the first year of the pandemic, according to a new study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association. Alcohol-related deaths rose above 99,000 in 2020 — a 25% increase from the nearly 79,000 deaths documented in 2019. … Read more

Fallout from JAMA Podcast Continues

March 10, 2021 — One of the country’s top medical research journals is facing calls for an investigation after a controversial — and since deleted — podcast questioned whether structural racism exists. More than 2,000 people have signed a petition on Change.org calling for an investigation at JAMA — the journal of the American … Read more