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·April 5, 2023·3 min read

The Social Consequences of Using AI in Conversations

When using AI-enabled chat tools, people have more effective conversations, perceive each other more positively, and use more positive language.

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·April 2, 2023·2 min read

English Language Pushes Everyone, Even AI Chatbots, to Improve by Adding

Researchers say the bias in the English language that leads us to improve communication by adding more detail is so common that it's even ingrained into chatbots like ChatGPT.

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·March 24, 2023·4 min read

AI’s Powers of Political Persuasion

AI-generated arguments about controversial, hot-button political topics can change people's positions on issues.

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·March 6, 2023·5 min read

AI Chatbot ChatGPT Mirrors Its Users to Appear Intelligent

According to researchers, language model AIs like ChatGPT reflect the intelligence and diversity of the user. Such language models adopt the persona of the user and mirror that persona back.

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·February 21, 2023·2 min read

Could ChatGPT Replace Doctors in Infection Consulting Scenarios?

While there is clear potential to use ChatGPT in a clinical setting, researchers say the AI algorithm may not yet be a reliable way of replacing the family doctor, especially when it comes to making effective decisions about prescribing antibiotics for infections.

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·October 29, 2022·5 min read

Exploring Virtual Romantic Relationships

Study examines virtual romantic relationships, or romantic anthropomorphism, exploring how a human's romantic needs can be met by anthropomorphized agents.

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·November 8, 2021·3 min read

Want to Throw off Your Chatbot? Use Figurative Language

When chatbots are faced with human interaction containing similes and idioms, their performance falls to between 10 to 20%.

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·April 15, 2018·5 min read

How AI is Helping to Predict and Prevent Suicides

Researchers investigate how artificial intelligence technologies could help to identify those at risk of suicide and deliver assistance to prevent a person from taking their life.

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·February 7, 2018·3 min read

AI Makes Conversational Agents Smarter

Researchers have developed a new conversational AI agent that uses human input to learn. The system, named Evorus, is simultaneously trained by humans and this, researchers report, will gradually make it less dependent on people for learning.