The paper introduces CanvasConvo, a system that presents large language model (LLM) conversations in two synchronized views: a traditional linear chat for ongoing dialogue and a spatial canvas that visualizes the conversation’s branching structure. In a five‑day field study with 24 participants, users tended to switch between the views rather than replace chat entirely; chat remained the primary interaction mode while the canvas was used for overview, revisiting, and exploring alternative paths. The results highlight challenges such as entrenched chat habits, smooth transitions between representations, and understanding branch context, offering insights for designing LLM interfaces that blend linear and non‑linear conversation representations.
arXiv:2608. 07494v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: AI tools like ChatGPT and DeepSeek, powered by Large Language Models (LLMs), allow users to obtain instant and effective content responses simply by typing requests, such as ``plan a three-day Vienna trip'', ``solve the attached mathematical problem'', ``draft an email to inquire review progress'', etc.
arXiv:2505.08894v2 Announce Type: replace-cross Abstract: Large language model (LLM) chatbots are increasingly reaching users through messaging platforms (e.g. WhatsApp). However, these systems remai...
The paper introduces mutable transcripts, an interaction paradigm that lets users edit prior turns in a chat, turning the conversation history into an editable state rather than a fixed record. A prototype was built and tested with 17 participants, who preferred mutable transcripts over standard chat for clarity, confidence, and ease of use, and reported less need to restart conversations. Analysis of user study transcripts shows that mutable transcripts can shorten conversations and remove outdated context, suggesting that user-driven revisions improve interaction quality.
arXiv:2607. 20734v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: As LLMs become more capable, they are increasingly deployed as collaborative agents, taking on user-delegated tasks through iterative interaction.
arXiv:2606. 14502v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Large Language Models (LLMs) are undergoing a fundamental transformation from conversational generators into integrated AI systems capable of reasoning, action, memory, and self-improvement.
arXiv:2606. 11835v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: Collecting participants' lived experiences is central to design research.
The Living Library is an end‑to‑end framework that converts fragmented digital archives into governed, conversational exhibit experiences. Developed at the Theodore Roosevelt Presidential Library, it digitizes a 300,000‑record collection, enriches it with OCR and metadata, and publishes it to a hybrid dense/semantic index. The system supports curator review via the Archivist App, powers a researcher interface, and runs Talk to TR—a museum exhibit where a digital human embodiment of Theodore Roosevelt answers visitors’ questions using Cross‑Era Analogical Grounding and dual‑path retrieval to keep responses grounded and responsive.
arXiv:2607. 21468v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: People often use handwritten notes and sketches to externalize ideas for ideation.
The paper investigates whether replies generated by large language models (LLMs) stay semantically consistent when the underlying model changes. Using real collaborative conversation messages, the authors compared the semantic similarity of LLM replies across different models, both with and without preceding chat history. They found that both the choice of model and the conversational context influence response similarity and alignment with human replies, suggesting that prompting and context alone may not guarantee consistent responses as LLMs evolve.
The article surveys multi‑turn conversational AI, highlighting its shift from isolated text prompts to sustained, multimodal interactions that involve clarifying goals, revising requests, and switching topics. It reviews literature across text‑only dialogue, AudioLLMs, multimodal and omni‑modal systems, and tool‑augmented agents, organizing findings around datasets, models, training, evaluation, and cross‑cutting challenges. The analysis reveals that while multimodal perception and action have progressed rapidly, systems still struggle with persistent memory, cross‑turn grounding, full‑duplex interaction, robust evaluation, and cultural alignment.
The paper investigates how large language models (LLMs) interpret ambiguous or incomplete text prompts for visualization authoring and introduces visual prompts as a complementary modality to improve precision. An empirical study informs the design of VisPilot, a system that allows users to create visualizations using text, sketches, and direct manipulation. A controlled user study and expert evaluation show that multimodal prompts help users convey spatial constraints, local references, and design preferences while maintaining task efficiency comparable to text-only prompting.
arXiv:2602.14035v2 Announce Type: replace Abstract: Flowchart-oriented dialogue (FOD) systems aim to guide users through multi-turn decision-making or operational procedures by following a domain-spe...