Literally & figuratively a big fat nerd.
Engagement & passion in the face of nihilism.
Health & media researcher / Science + Tech
Research work: https://scholar.google.ca/citations?user=89c0ilQAAAAJ&hl=en
Image by Mu Pan
Nice to see our AI chatbout audit on health misinformation getting coverage in NBC News.
AI chatbots are giving people alternatives to chemotherapy, study finds www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...
#health #misinformation #AI
Ask me no questions, I'll tell you no lies...
Our team's health misinformation audit on popular and free AI chatbots found nearly 50% of responses were problematic.
Link: bmjopen.bmj.com/content/16/4...
Team: @nbtiller.bsky.social; @marcozenone.bsky.social; @caulfieldtim.bsky.social, et al.
Our new study explored how well various AI chatbots responded to health questions on various topics.
Sum: not great.
Nearly half (49.6%) of responses were problematic.
See study: bmjopen.bmj.com/content/16/4... via @bmj.com
bmjopen.bmj.com
Sandro M.
"Which is closer to your view about Covid?"
We were right to have strict measures in place to stop the spread: 53%
The response to Covid was probably too heavy-handed: 30%
Covid was a hoax and we should never have altered our lives: 10%
Research Co. / March 17, 2026
Sandro M.
My latest for @mcgilloss.bsky.social is a weighty tome: the hallmarks of pseudoscience.
I'm very proud of it. Lots to chew on.
W/ help from the amazing @nbtiller.bsky.social @mrmmarsh.bsky.social @caulfieldtim.bsky.social & Dr. Alice Howarth of @skepticswithak.org.
www.mcgill.ca/oss/article/...
Timothy Caulfield
Polling Canada
Jonathan Jarry
New paper out! 📢
The #wellness industry is a multi-trillion $ force: selling products, shaping norms, and now influencing policy. But it's rarely analysed in the way we scrutinize tobacco or pharma.
We apply a commercial determinants of health lens to wellness, including #MAHA. Short thread 🧵⤵️
