arXiv AI

Personalizing Personal Health Interfaces: Co-Design with Generative AI

The paper explores how generative AI can lower the barrier to personalizing health dashboards by enabling users to co-design interfaces in Figma Make. In a study with 14 participants, redesigns of Google and Apple Health focused on personal context, future planning, and interactive experiences, though conversational AI designs tended toward chat-window conventions. AI facilitated the materialization of loosely articulated ideas, yet model defaults and generation latency influenced iteration, and the process highlighted interpretability and accountability over privacy, trust, and emotional safety.

arXiv AI
Jul 24

HARP: The Human--AI Research Platform

arXiv:2607. 20773v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: Large language models (LLMs) have shifted human--computer interaction from `traditional'' interface journeys toward more conversational exchanges.

By Zeshu Zhu, Natalie Friedman, Kevin Weatherwax, Emily Eiben
arXiv AI
Oct 2

WaLLM -- Understanding Use and Engagement with a General-Purpose LLM on WhatsApp

The paper introduces WaLLM, a general‑purpose large language model chatbot deployed on WhatsApp to investigate how users interact with open‑ended AI in everyday settings. The study finds that health and well‑being queries dominate user interactions, and that proactive communication and communal lists—adapted to WhatsApp’s affordances—enhance engagement and content discovery. These insights inform the design of general‑purpose LLM services on messaging platforms.

By Hiba Eltigani, Rukhshan Haroon, Asli Kocak, Abdullah Bin Faisal, Noah Martin, Fahad Dogar
arXiv Computation and Language
Sep 21

Generative Artificial Intelligence Chatbots for Motivational Interviewing: A Scoping Review From System Design to Intervention Outcomes

This scoping review examined 48 studies on generative AI chatbots designed to deliver motivational interviewing (MI). It found that most systems were text‑based and disembodied, with about half incorporating dynamic adaptation, and that safety reporting was inconsistent. While user perceptions were generally positive and many studies reported MI‑consistent interactions, evidence for sustained behavioral or functional change remains limited.

By Runze Hu, Jingqi Kong, Yang Yang, Yihang Yang, Jingyao Liu, Haizhou Tang, Shanghang Zhang, Zheng Liu
arXiv AI
Sep 24

Safety Nudges: User-Facing Interventions for Real-Time AI Risk Awareness

The paper introduces Safety Nudges, a browser-based tool that displays lightweight, in situ flags when a conversational AI exhibits risky behavior such as hallucination or overconfidence. In a two‑week field study with 45 frequent chatbot users, participants reported that the nudges were useful, clear, and minimally disruptive, and most felt more aware of potential AI harms. However, increased awareness did not automatically translate into measurable changes in user behavior, underscoring the need for relevance, calibration, and user control in nudge design.

By Varshini Elangovan, James Wedgwood, Chhavi Yadav, William Agnew, Sauvik Das, Virginia Smith