Nicotine is toxic to the heart and blood vessels, regardless of whether it is consumed via a vape, a pouch, a shisha or a cigarette, according to an expert consensus report published in the European Heart Journal. The report brings together the results of the entire literature in the field and is the first to consider the harms of all nicotine products, rather than smoking only. The authors of the report are calling for urgent action to curb the growing number of adolescents and young people becoming addicted to nicotine, particularly a ban on flavours and social media and influencer advertising, and effective taxation and regulation across all nicotine products.

New research finds that humans still hold the edge over AI when it comes to video translations. As brands race to reach global consumers on platforms like TikTok, Instagram, and YouTube, a new question has emerged - can generative AI truly replace humans in video translation? The University of East Anglia (UK) team decided to put it to the test. They found that while AI tools can be useful when speed and clarity are priorities, human translators remain crucial for tone, cultural nuance and for sounding natural. 

“Agnosticism” is the only reasonable stance on conscious AI, says a philosophy-of-consciousness expert, and this gulf in our knowledge could be exploited by a tech industry intent on selling the “next level of AI cleverness”.

AI generated images of doctors have the potential to exaggerate and reinforce existing stereotypes relating to sex, gender, race, and ethnicity, suggests a small analysis in the Christmas issue of The BMJ.

After mass shootings, Democrats are nearly four times more likely than Republicans to post about guns on social media, according to research from NYU Tandon School of Engineering. The study analyzed the full two-year term of the 117th Congress using computational methods designed to distinguish true cause-and-effect relationships from mere coincidence.