Mike Caulfield

Mike Caulfield is an information-literacy expert and a co-author of Verified: How to Think Straight, Get Duped Less, and Make Better Decisions about What to Believe Online.

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AI Is Not Your Friend
How the “opinionated” chatbots destroyed AI’s potential, and how we can fix it
Mike Caulfield
May 9, 2025
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The Internet Is Worse Than a Brainwashing Machine
A rationale is always just a scroll or a click away.
Charlie Warzel and Mike Caulfield
January 6, 2025
Illustration by Ben Kothe / The Atlantic. Source: Samuel Corum / Getty.