arXiv:2606. 18256v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: LLM-based chatbots are increasingly applied in interpersonal domains such as counseling and peer support, where establishing human-AI rapport is crucial yet remains challenging.
By Yoonseok Oh, Inseo Jung, Jinkyu Kim, Jungbeom Lee, Minwoo Kang, Suhong Moon
arXiv:2502. 11554v3 Announce Type: replace-cross Abstract: Metaphors play a critical role in shaping user experiences with Voice User Interfaces (VUIs), yet existing designs often rely on static, human-centric metaphors that fail to adapt to diverse contexts and user needs.
By Smit Desai, Jessie Chin, Dakuo Wang, Benjamin Cowan, Michael Twidale
arXiv:2607. 07824v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: Large Language Models (LLMs) have substantially advanced persona-based dialogue agents for emotion-sensitive role simulation in healthcare, education, counseling, customer service, and interactive storytelling.
By Jingyao Cai, Shuaijun Liu, Abdul Rehman, Yutong Guo, Qin Tian, Thomas Dolby, Sue Green, Chantel Cox, Xiaosong Yang
arXiv:2607. 08285v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Current AI evaluation frameworks focus primarily on technical performance, including accuracy, robustness, reasoning ability, and policy compliance.
By Marcos Economides, Paul M. Sacher, Samuel Salzer, Alexis Michelle Abellar, Fendi Tsim, Antoine Ferr\`ere
arXiv:2606. 11835v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: Collecting participants' lived experiences is central to design research.
By Zhiqing Wang, Steven Dow
arXiv:2601. 14230v2 Announce Type: replace-cross Abstract: Multi-agent systems (MAS) are emerging as promising socio-collaborative companions for emotional and cognitive support.
By Yiyang Wang, Yiqiao Jin, Alex Cabral, Josiah Hester
arXiv:2606. 05411v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Motivational architectures in cognitive AI have largely been designed for physical agents regulating bodily needs.
By Anna Mikeda, Ben Goertzel
arXiv:2607. 12180v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: An AI teammate's design properties (personality, communication style, when it speaks) can shape a team's trust, coordination, and decisions.
By Mohammad Amin Samadi, Pedro Martins De Bastos, Jaeyoon Choi, Spencer JaQuay, Seehee Park, Nia Nixon
arXiv:2605. 09159v2 Announce Type: replace Abstract: Recent work shows that large language models (LLMs) encode behavioral traits ("personas") as linear directions in activation space, often called "persona vectors".
By Nils A. Herrmann, Leander Girrbach, Kirill Bykov, Zeynep Akata
arXiv:2606. 31038v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: For virtual humans to appear believable, they must exhibit agency and spatial awareness while interacting with their environment in ways that reflect competence and intelligence.
By Stefano Calzolari, Rubens Montanha, Gabriel Schneider, Gustavo Wide, Paulo Knob, Francesco Strada, Andrea Bottino, Soraia Raupp Musse
arXiv:2607. 12215v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: Accurately assessing personality from text is challenging because traits are latent, context-dependent, and often subtly expressed across long narratives.
By Rasiq Hussain, Darshil Italiya, Joshua Oltmanns, Mehak Gupta
arXiv:2608. 06485v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: Personality-conditioned LLM agents (PC-Agents) are increasingly used in emotional support, social simulation, and role-playing, motivating the development of lifelong agents that remain coherent over extended interactions.
By Ming Wang, Peidong Wang, Xiaocui Yang, Daling Wang, Shi Feng, Fiona Fui-Hoon Nah, Ee-Peng Lim