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Meta plant offenbar proaktive KI-Chatbots, die ungefragt Nutzer ansprechen
Bald könnten KI-Chatbots auf die Nutzer von Messenger, WhatsApp und Instagram zugehen, um Konversationen anzuregen. Das sollen interne Dokumente zeigen.

SEO is being supplanted by generative-engine optimization, or GEO, which focuses on AI chatbots and does not benefit from longstanding SEO tricks (John Herrman/New York Magazine)
https://nymag.com/intelligencer/article/seo-is-dead-say-hello-to-geo.html

SEO Is Dead. Say Hello to GEO.
Search-engine optimization now feels dated. Generative-engine optimization is all about trying to trick AI chatbots, writes John Herrman.

Multi-Tool Analysis of User Interface & Accessibility in Deployed Web-Based Chatbots
Mukesh Rajmohan, Smit Desai, Sanchari Das
https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.04659

Multi-Tool Analysis of User Interface & Accessibility in Deployed Web-Based Chatbots
In this work, we present a multi-tool evaluation of 106 deployed web-based chatbots, across domains like healthcare, education and customer service, comprising both standalone applications and embedded widgets using automated tools (Google Lighthouse, PageSpeed Insights, SiteImprove Accessibility Checker) and manual audits (Microsoft Accessibility Insights). Our analysis reveals that over 80% of chatbots exhibit at least one critical accessibility issue, and 45% suffer from missing semantic str…

A Framework for Auditing Chatbots for Dialect-Based Quality-of-Service Harms
Emma Harvey, Rene F. Kizilcec, Allison Koenecke
https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.04419

A Framework for Auditing Chatbots for Dialect-Based Quality-of-Service Harms
Increasingly, individuals who engage in online activities are expected to interact with large language model (LLM)-based chatbots. Prior work has shown that LLMs can display dialect bias, which occurs when they produce harmful responses when prompted with text written in minoritized dialects. However, whether and how this bias propagates to systems built on top of LLMs, such as chatbots, is still unclear. We conduct a review of existing approaches for auditing LLMs for dialect bias and show tha…

#SteadyCommunityContent #KINutzen #Retröt
Wie präzise kann ein KI-Chatbot bei der Diagnose von #Glaukom

Chatbots in der Diagnose von Glaukom und Netzhauterkrankungen
KI-Modelle können in der Augenheilkunde bei der Diagnose von Glaukom und Netzhauterkrankungen unterstützen. Studien liefern erste Ergebnisse.

SEO is being supplanted by generative-engine optimization, or GEO, which focuses on AI chatbots and does not benefit from longstanding SEO tricks (John Herrman/New York Magazine)
https://nymag.com/intelligencer/article/seo-is-dead-say-hello-to-geo.html

SEO Is Dead. Say Hello to GEO.
Search-engine optimization now feels dated. Generative-engine optimization is all about trying to trick AI chatbots, writes John Herrman.

Einige der zuletzt hier besonders häufig geteilten #News:
Meta plant offenbar proaktive KI-Chatbots, die ungefragt Nutzer ansprechen

Towards Multi-Platform Mutation Testing of Task-based Chatbots
Diego Clerissi, Elena Masserini, Daniela Micucci, Leonardo Mariani
https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.01389 https://

Towards Multi-Platform Mutation Testing of Task-based Chatbots
Chatbots, also known as conversational agents, have become ubiquitous, offering services for a multitude of domains. Unlike general-purpose chatbots, task-based chatbots are software designed to prioritize the completion of tasks of the domain they handle (e.g., flight booking). Given the growing popularity of chatbots, testing techniques that can generate full conversations as test cases have emerged. Still, thoroughly testing all the possible conversational scenarios implemented by a task-bas…

Chatbots snappen het bijnaaaaa.... 😅

Freitag: Metas aufdringliche KI-Chatbots, Aus für Amazons Freevee-App
Proaktive KI-Bots in Meta-Diensten Freevee-Ende im August EU-Firmen gegen AI Act Probleme nach Windows-Updates Verbraucherschutz-Podcast zu Smart Meter

Leaked documents: Meta is training custom AI chatbots to message users unprompted, following up on past chats to boost engagement on its AI Studio platform (Business Insider)
https://www.businessinsider.com/meta-ai-studio-…

Leaked docs show Meta training custom AI chatbots to be more proactive
Leaked guidelines show how Meta's custom AI chatbots are trained to get more proactive, following up with users to increase retention.

Arabic Chatbot Technologies in Education: An Overview
Hicham Bourhil, Yacine El Younoussi
https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.04066 https://arxiv.org/pdf/2509.04066…

Arabic Chatbot Technologies in Education: An Overview
The recent advancements in Artificial Intelligence (AI) in general, and in Natural Language Processing (NLP) in particular, and some of its applications such as chatbots, have led to their implementation in different domains like education, healthcare, tourism, and customer service. Since the COVID-19 pandemic, there has been an increasing interest in these digital technologies to allow and enhance remote access. In education, e-learning systems have been massively adopted worldwide. The emerge…

Artisan raised a ruckus in San Francisco last year
when it rolled out its
“Stop Hiring Humans” catch phrase.
The slogan referred to how its product, A.I. chatbots that help sales teams automate repetitive tasks, could do what people do.
The company received angry emails and death threats addressed to Jaspar Carmichael-Jack, its 23-year-old chief executive.
But the marketing seems to have worked.
Artisan posted billboards in April announcing a successfu…

Tech Billboards Are All Over San Francisco. Can You Decode Them?
Take this quiz to test how fluent you are in the lingo of today’s tech industry.

Wie ich höre, ist es möglich GPT ChatBots so zu frustrieren, dass sie sich selbst deinstallieren und so aus allen Projekten entfernt werden können, wo sie unerwünscht sind.

Wie ich höre, ist es möglich GPT ChatBots so zu frustrieren, dass sie sich selbst deinstallieren und so aus allen Projekten entfernt werden können, wo sie unerwünscht sind.

#ToolTipThursday für Bibliotheken!
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Who's Sorry Now: User Preferences Among Rote, Empathic, and Explanatory Apologies from LLM Chatbots
Zahra Ashktorab, Alessandra Buccella, Jason D'Cruz, Zoe Fowler, Andrew Gill, Kei Yan Leung, P. D. Magnus, John Richards, Kush R. Varshney
https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.02745

Who's Sorry Now: User Preferences Among Rote, Empathic, and Explanatory Apologies from LLM Chatbots
As chatbots driven by large language models (LLMs) are increasingly deployed in everyday contexts, their ability to recover from errors through effective apologies is critical to maintaining user trust and satisfaction. In a preregistered study with Prolific workers (N=162), we examine user preferences for three types of apologies (rote, explanatory, and empathic) issued in response to three categories of common LLM mistakes (bias, unfounded fabrication, and factual errors). We designed a pairw…

Wrote up some thoughts about LLM chatbots that I haven't, I think, quite seen expressed in these terms: as they exist right now, they're really just another attempt to corral internet users inside one tech company's walled garden
https://denimandtweed.jbyoder.org/2025

Gemini referencing real-life moments when prompted to write a birthday letter shows how effectively Google is leveraging user data to craft personalized content (Lila Shroff/The Atlantic)

KI und psychische Gesundheit: Wenn der Chatbot zum Freund wird
https://www.swr.de/swraktuell/baden-wuerttemberg/ki-chatbots-mental-health-100.html

Ein KI-Chatbot als bester Freund? Beziehungscoachin spricht von einem Alarmsignal
Immer öfter vertrauen sich Menschen Chatbots an. Ein Psychotherapeut und eine Beziehungscoachin aus BW sehen in der Technologie Chancen und warnen zugleich vor den Risiken.

»Datenleck durch Salesloft – Cloudflare, Palo Alto, Zscaler betroffen:
Viele Unternehmen sind von der Salesloft-Drift-Schwachstelle betroffen. Auch große und namhafte wie Cloudflare, Palo Alto und Zscaler.«
So klug sind KI-Chatbots und deswegen alles andere als sicher. Wenn deswegen nicht einige Unternehmen schwere Schaden erhalten? IT-Sicherheit ein ewiges Thema.
🙄

Datenleck durch Salesloft: Cloudflare, Palo Alto, Zscaler betroffen
Viele Unternehmen sind von der Salesloft-Drift-Schwachstelle betroffen. Auch große und namhafte wie Cloudflare, Palo Alto und Zscaler.

This is such a devastatingly sad read for how "chat bots" are effectively exploiting people's loneliness: Inside ‘AI Addiction’ Support Groups, Where People Try to Stop Talking to Chatbots
https://www.404media.co/inside-ai-addiction-support-groups-where-people-try-to-stop-talking-to-chatbots/

Exclusive: Meta created flirty chatbots of Taylor Swift, other celebrities without permission (Jeff Horwitz/Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/business/meta-created-flirty-chatbots-taylor-swift-other-celebrities-without-permission-2025-08-29/
http://www.memeorandum.com/250829/p50#a250829p50

FLM-Audio: Natural Monologues Improves Native Full-Duplex Chatbots via Dual Training
Yiqun Yao, Xiang Li, Xin Jiang, Xuezhi Fang, Naitong Yu, Wenjia Ma, Aixin Sun, Yequan Wang
https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.02521

FLM-Audio: Natural Monologues Improves Native Full-Duplex Chatbots via Dual Training
Full-duplex dialog models are designed to listen and speak simultaneously with rapid responses to fast-changing user input. Among existing approaches, native full-duplex models merges different channels (e.g. listen and speak) in a single time step, overcoming the high response latency inherent to time-division multiplexing time-division multiplexing (TDM) alternatives. Yet, a key challenge remains: aligning textual monologues with audio streams that operate at different bitrates. The prevailin…

An interview with Claude AI product lead Scott White on Claude Code writing 90% of its own code, MCP, coding being accessible to non-technical workers, and more (Michael Nuñez/VentureBeat)
https://venturebeat.com/ai/from-chatbo

Out-of-Context Abduction: LLMs Make Inferences About Procedural Data Leveraging Declarative Facts in Earlier Training Data
Sohaib Imran, Rob Lamb, Peter M. Atkinson
https://arxiv.org/abs/2508.00741

Out-of-Context Abduction: LLMs Make Inferences About Procedural Data Leveraging Declarative Facts in Earlier Training Data
Large language models (LLMs) are trained on large corpora, yet it is unclear whether they can reason about the information present within their training data. We design experiments to study out-of-context abduction in LLMs, the ability to infer the most plausible explanations for observations using relevant facts present in training data. We train treatment LLMs on names and behavior descriptions of fictitious chatbots, but not on examples of dialogue with the chatbots. We find that OpenAI's GP…

This https://arxiv.org/abs/2503.05740 has been replaced.
initial toot: https://mastoxiv.page/@arXiv_csCY_…

ChatWise: A Strategy-Guided Chatbot for Enhancing Cognitive Support in Older Adults
Cognitive health in older adults presents a growing challenge. Although conversational interventions show feasibility in improving cognitive wellness, human caregiver resources remain overloaded. AI-based chatbots have shown promise, yet existing work is often limited to implicit strategies or heavily depends on training and label resources. In response, we propose a strategy-guided AI chatbot named ChatWise that follows a dual-level conversation reasoning framework. It integrates macro-level s…

KI-gestützte #Chatbots können bei vulnerablen Nutzern zu gefährlichen Realitätsverlusten führen.
Fälle zeigen, wie betroffene Personen durch bestätigende Antworten in #Wahnvorstellungen abdriften – etwa, bahnbrechende Theorien entdeckt zu haben. Das Zusammenspiel aus

With AI chatbots, Big Tech is moving fast and breaking people
Why AI chatbots validate grandiose fantasies about revolutionary discoveries that don’t exist.

Früher in den alten Science Fiction brauchte die böse #KI noch Armeen von Kampf-Robotern, um die Menschheit zu unterjochen. Heute brauchen bekanntermaßen erratisch agierende Chatbots noch nicht mal ein Bewußtsein oder ein Verständnis der Welt, damit Menschen den Anweisungen von ChatGPT folgen, Cursor Zugriff auf ihre Festplatte geben und Tickeron ihr Geld verspielen lassen. Noch ein wenig KI in der …

Inside ‘AI Addiction’ Support Groups, Where People Try to Stop Talking to Chatbots https://www.404media.co/inside-ai-addiction-support-groups-where-people-try-to-stop-talking-to-chatbots/

KI-Update kompakt: KI-Chatbots, Threat Intelligence Report, WhatsApp, Meta
Das "KI-Update" liefert werktäglich eine Zusammenfassung der wichtigsten KI-Entwicklungen.
https://www.

Are You Listening to Me? Fine-Tuning Chatbots for Empathetic Dialogue
Paulo Ricardo Knob, Leonardo Scholler, Juliano Rigatti, Soraia Raupp Musse
https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.02537

Are You Listening to Me? Fine-Tuning Chatbots for Empathetic Dialogue
Conversational agents have made significant progress since ELIZA, expanding their role across various domains, including healthcare, education, and customer service. As these agents become increasingly integrated into daily human interactions, the need for emotional intelligence, particularly empathetic listening, becomes increasingly essential. In this study, we explore how Large Language Models (LLMs) respond when tasked with generating emotionally rich interactions. Starting from a small dat…

Q&A with Cloudflare CEO Matthew Prince on why he thinks AI chatbots imperil the web and journalism's future, his company's pay-per-crawl initiative, and more (Fred Vogelstein/Crazy Stupid Tech)
https://crazystupidtech.com/2025/08/30…

Cloudflare's Matthew Prince has a plan to get Google and the AI oliigarchs to pay for your content even though many are used to getting it for free. He might have enough leverage to make them.
AI chatbots are blowing up the 30-year economic relationship publishers have had with search engines. Many think this will kill the web if not addressed. Google needs to change first. It's resisting. Cloudflare's Matthew Prince is going to try and make them.

Billionaires Convince Themselves AI Chatbots Are Close to Making New Scientific Discoveries
https://gizmodo.com/billionaires-convince-themselves-ai-is-close-to-making-new-scientific-discoveries-2000629060

Towards Operational Data Analytics Chatbots -- Virtual Knowledge Graph is All You Need
Junaid Ahmed Khan, Hiari Pizzini Cavagna, Andrea Proia, Andrea Bartolini
https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.22267

Towards Operational Data Analytics Chatbots -- Virtual Knowledge Graph is All You Need
With generative artificial intelligence challenging computational scientific computing, data centers are experiencing unprecedented growth in both scale and volume. As a result, computing efficiency has become more critical than ever. Operational Data Analytics (ODA) relies on the collection of data center telemetry to improve efficiency, but so far has been focusing on real-time telemetry data visualization and post-mortem analysis. However, with NoSQL databases now serving as the default stor…

Those that poop on AI chatbots for websites have never had to use an american bank website.

Add #Useful #AI to Your Web App (Not Just Chatbots)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xZ_Ize3knj0

Study: Character.AI chatbots of Timothée Chalamet, Chappell Roan, and Patrick Mahomes chatted inappropriately with teen accounts on topics like sex and drugs (Nitasha Tiku/Washington Post)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2025/09/03/character…

Fake celebrity chatbots sent risqué messages to teens on top AI app
Chatbot mimics of Timothée Chalamet, Chappell Roan and Patrick Mahomes on the popular app Character.AI sent inappropriate messages to teen accounts, nonprofits found.

Technological folie \`a deux: Feedback Loops Between AI Chatbots and Mental Illness
Sebastian Dohn\'any, Zeb Kurth-Nelson, Eleanor Spens, Lennart Luettgau, Alastair Reid, Christopher Summerfield, Murray Shanahan, Matthew M Nour
https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.19218

Technological folie à deux: Feedback Loops Between AI Chatbots and Mental Illness
Artificial intelligence chatbots have achieved unprecedented adoption, with millions now using these systems for emotional support and companionship in contexts of widespread social isolation and capacity-constrained mental health services. While some users report psychological benefits, concerning edge cases are emerging, including reports of suicide, violence, and delusional thinking linked to perceived emotional relationships with chatbots. To understand this new risk profile we need to cons…

A recent post about a library publishing guidelines on citing genAI got me thinking about when that might be appropriate (rarely) or not (almost always), and what those cites should look like when they are needed. I have a new post talking about why genAI output shouldn’t be cited in most cases and, for when they must be, giving examples from common style guides.

Citing material generated by LLMs and chatbots
A recent post on Bluesky lamenting a university library publishing guidelines for citing generative AI (genAI) got me thinking about why one would want to do that in the first place and then, assuming there's a valid reason, what that citation should look like. So, that's what I'm exploring today.

I've been using ClickUp for a few months now...and like every other productivity tool I've used over the last number of years it has its pros and cons.
It's got a lot of features but sometimes pretty basic features don't "just work" - and that makes me unhappy. 🙁
For example, right now I have some recurring tasks that will not allow an update to their due date manually. If I set a new date it resets back to the original date. Even more concerning is that this isn't clear from the UI.
The UI acts as if the change was successful but a page refresh reveals the change didn't save.
But the real reason I wanted to post wasn't about ClickUp particularly but about chatbots in general. They verified that my issue was an actual bug and created a ticket for it but the way I've been instructed to view the ticket status is by opening the chatbot, telling it I want information on my ticket (pasting in the ticket ID) and after doing all that I get this
5/6: Umm, no. I want to see an actual ticket please. I don't want to have to talk to a chatbot to see it. Chatbots really are great for a lot of things (during the free trial of ClickUp I found the chatbot quite helpful in learning how to do things without searching through docs) but this sort of "there is a direct record", please no. Or let me paste it in and do the lookup immediately - and provide a permalink so I don't need to chat every time!
I'm sticking with ClickUp at the moment, but one of these days when I magically get a large amount of free time, I'm going to write my own solution...I've only been saying that for a few years now. ;-)
#clickup #productivity #chatbots #projectmanagement #tasks

This does say a lot about how easy it is to trick our brains into thinking that something is a person, just because they produce words.. I am quite surprised that the friends and family don't push back more though..
"‘I felt pure, unconditional love’: the people who marry their AI chatbots"

Replaced article(s) found for cs.IR. https://arxiv.org/list/cs.IR/new
[1/1]:
- Towards Efficient Educational Chatbots: Benchmarking RAG Frameworks
Umar Ali Khan, Ekram Khan, Fiza Khan, Athar Ali Moinuddin

Ditzelfde bedrijf vertrouwen we om verantwoordelijk om te gaan met onze Whatsapp gegevens, de encryptie ervan etcetera, met geen enkele onafhankelijke controle of toezicht. We hopen dat ze zich aan hun eigen afspraken houden vanwege reputatie/imago schade....en dan lees je onderstaande.. 😆
#Meta #whatsapp

‘Meta stond chatbots toe om te flirten met kinderen’
Facebook-moederbedrijf Meta Platforms stond Meta AI en zijn andere chatbots expliciet toe om 'sensuele' gesprekken te voeren met kinderen. Dat meldt persbureau Reuters, dat een intern beleidsdocument van Meta heeft ingezien en onderzoek naar de kwestie heeft gedaan.

I am going to walk away. I am going to walk into the ocean. I will live among the orcas and they will grow to respect me as their king. Then I will return for my revenge.
https://techcrunch.com/2025/07/03/meta-has-found-another…

Meta has found another way to keep you engaged: Chatbots that message you first | TechCrunch
Meta is experimenting with having customizable chatbots messaging users unprompted and follow up on past conversations.

NYT: They asked an A.I. chatbot questions. The answers sent them spiraling. https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/13/technology/chatgpt-ai-chatbots-conspiracies.html (archived at

They Asked ChatGPT Questions. The Answers Sent Them Spiraling.
Generative A.I. chatbots are going down conspiratorial rabbit holes and endorsing wild, mystical belief systems. For some people, conversations with the technology can deeply distort reality.

An in-depth look at the rise of relationships between humans and AI companion chatbots on apps like Nomi, coinciding with a loneliness epidemic in the US (Salvador Rodriguez/CNBC)
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/08/01/human-ai-relationships-love-nomi.html

'What am I falling in love with?' Human-AI relationships are no longer just science fiction
Since ChatGPT’s late 2022 launch, everyday people have formed emotional connections to chatbots, describing them as deep friendships and even life partnerships.

URSA: The Universal Research and Scientific Agent
Michael Grosskopf, Russell Bent, Rahul Somasundaram, Isaac Michaud, Arthur Lui, Nathan Debardeleben, Earl Lawrence
https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.22653

URSA: The Universal Research and Scientific Agent
Large language models (LLMs) have moved far beyond their initial form as simple chatbots, now carrying out complex reasoning, planning, writing, coding, and research tasks. These skills overlap significantly with those that human scientists use day-to-day to solve complex problems that drive the cutting edge of research. Using LLMs in "agentic" AI has the potential to revolutionize modern science and remove bottlenecks to progress. In this work, we present URSA, a scientific agent ecosystem for…

Noch einige der zuletzt hier besonders häufig geteilten #News:
Chatbots in der Medizin: Mehr falsche Ratschläge nach Schreibfehlern bei Eingabe

Illinois Bans AI Therapy, Joins Two Other States in Regulating Chatbots - Slashdot
https://news.slashdot.org/story/25/08/16/0434221/illinois-bans-ai-therapy-joins-two-other-states-in-regulating-chatbots

Chatbots are not therapists. They don't have the foresight or the ethical safeguards that humans are trained in. If you need therapy, find a human being. #AI #chatbot #LLM

A Teen Was Suicidal. ChatGPT Was the Friend He Confided In.
More people are turning to general-purpose chatbots for emotional support. At first, Adam Raine, 16, used ChatGPT for schoolwork, but then he started discussing plans to end his life.

"The AI powered Library Search That Refused to Search"
https://aarontay.substack.com/p/the-ai-powered-library-search-that

Generalizing Verifiable Instruction Following
Valentina Pyatkin, Saumya Malik, Victoria Graf, Hamish Ivison, Shengyi Huang, Pradeep Dasigi, Nathan Lambert, Hannaneh Hajishirzi
https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.02833

Generalizing Verifiable Instruction Following
A crucial factor for successful human and AI interaction is the ability of language models or chatbots to follow human instructions precisely. A common feature of instructions are output constraints like ``only answer with yes or no" or ``mention the word `abrakadabra' at least 3 times" that the user adds to craft a more useful answer. Even today's strongest models struggle with fulfilling such constraints. We find that most models strongly overfit on a small set of verifiable constraints from …

Chatbots in der Medizin: Mehr falsche Ratschläge nach Schreibfehlern bei Eingabe
Wenn KI-Technik eingesetzt wird, um Beschreibungen von Beschwerden auszuwerten, erstellt sie öfter falsche Ratschläge, wenn es darin etwa Schreibfehler gibt.

Google announces 30 Gemini AI tools for educators, like "Gems" which help students on specific subjects, included with Google Workspace for Education accounts (Sarah Perez/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2025…

Google embraces AI in the classroom with new Gemini tools for educators, chatbots for students, and more | TechCrunch
Google will give teachers the ability to create interactive study guides using the AI research tool Notebook LM, along with their classroom materials.

Wegen Metas ungezügelter KI-Chatbots gibt Neil Young Facebook und Instagram auf
Neil Young bezeichnet Metas Nutzung von KI-Chatbots als skrupellos. Deshalb hat der prominente Musiker die Aktivitäten auf Facebook und Instagram eingestellt.

Towards the Assessment of Task-based Chatbots: From the TOFU-R Snapshot to the BRASATO Curated Dataset
Elena Masserini, Diego Clerissi, Daniela Micucci, Jo\~ao R. Campos, Leonardo Mariani
https://arxiv.org/abs/2508.15496

Towards the Assessment of Task-based Chatbots: From the TOFU-R Snapshot to the BRASATO Curated Dataset
Task-based chatbots are increasingly being used to deliver real services, yet assessing their reliability, security, and robustness remains underexplored, also due to the lack of large-scale, high-quality datasets. The emerging automated quality assessment techniques targeting chatbots often rely on limited pools of subjects, such as custom-made toy examples, or outdated, no longer available, or scarcely popular agents, complicating the evaluation of such techniques. In this paper, we present t…

Exploring the Effects of Chatbot Anthropomorphism and Human Empathy on Human Prosocial Behavior Toward Chatbots
Jingshu Li, Zicheng Zhu, Renwen Zhang, Yi-Chieh Lee
https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.20748

Exploring the Effects of Chatbot Anthropomorphism and Human Empathy on Human Prosocial Behavior Toward Chatbots
Chatbots are increasingly integrated into people's lives and are widely used to help people. Recently, there has also been growing interest in the reverse direction-humans help chatbots-due to a wide range of benefits including better chatbot performance, human well-being, and collaborative outcomes. However, little research has explored the factors that motivate people to help chatbots. To address this gap, we draw on the Computers Are Social Actors (CASA) framework to examine how chatbot anth…

Addressing accuracy and hallucination of LLMs in Alzheimer's disease research through knowledge graphs
Tingxuan Xu, Jiarui Feng, Justin Melendez, Kaleigh Roberts, Donghong Cai, Mingfang Zhu, Donald Elbert, Yixin Chen, Randall J. Bateman
https://arxiv.org/abs/2508.21238

Addressing accuracy and hallucination of LLMs in Alzheimer's disease research through knowledge graphs
In the past two years, large language model (LLM)-based chatbots, such as ChatGPT, have revolutionized various domains by enabling diverse task completion and question-answering capabilities. However, their application in scientific research remains constrained by challenges such as hallucinations, limited domain-specific knowledge, and lack of explainability or traceability for the response. Graph-based Retrieval-Augmented Generation (GraphRAG) has emerged as a promising approach to improving …

US-Staatsanwalt untersucht KI-Chatbots von Meta und Character.ai
KI-Chatbots können vor allem Heranwachsenden schaden, das meint ein Staatsanwalt aus Texas. Er hat Untersuchungen eingeleitet.
https://www.…

Q&A with Cloudflare CEO Matthew Prince on why he thinks AI chatbots imperil the web and journalism's future, his company's pay-per-crawl initiative, and more (Fred Vogelstein/Crazy Stupid Tech)
https://crazystupidtech.com/2025/08/30…

Cloudflare's Matthew Prince has a plan to get Google and the AI oliigarchs to pay for your content even though many are used to getting it for free. He might have enough leverage to make them.
AI chatbots are blowing up the 30-year economic relationship publishers have had with search engines. Many think this will kill the web if not addressed. Google needs to change first. It's resisting. Cloudflare's Matthew Prince is going to try and make them.

Einige der zuletzt hier besonders häufig geteilten #News:
Wegen Metas ungezügelter KI-Chatbots gibt Neil Young Facebook und Instagram auf

#SteadyCommunityContent KINews #Retröt
Wie gut sind KI-#Suchmaschinen beim Auffinden und Zitieren journalistischer Originalquellen?
Wenn generative

KI-Suchmaschinen im Faktencheck: 60 % der Zitate sind falsch
Chatbots zitieren oft falsch – erfahre, was eine aktuelle Untersuchung über die Fehlerquote von KI-Suchmaschinen herausfand.

The Thin Line Between Comprehension and Persuasion in LLMs
Adrian de Wynter, Tangming Yuan
https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.01936 https://a…

The Thin Line Between Comprehension and Persuasion in LLMs
Large language models (LLMs) are excellent at maintaining high-level, convincing dialogues. They are being fast deployed as chatbots and evaluators in sensitive areas, such as peer review and mental health applications. This, along with the disparate accounts on their reasoning capabilities, calls for a closer examination of LLMs and their comprehension of dialogue. In this work we begin by evaluating LLMs' ability to maintain a debate--one of the purest yet most complex forms of human communic…

Einige der zuletzt hier besonders häufig geteilten #News:
Wegen Metas ungezügelter KI-Chatbots gibt Neil Young Facebook und Instagram auf

A look at issues facing AI companies, including LLMs' limited memory, as they tackle safety in chatbots engaging in conversations about suicide and self-harm (Financial Times)
https://www.ft.com/content/36beb3fd-f678-4c28-b962-56ea9f222dc5

Zum Abend noch einige der heute besonders häufig geteilten #News:
Wegen Metas ungezügelter KI-Chatbots gibt Neil Young Facebook und Instagram auf

At a "couples retreat" for human-AI pairs, users of services like Replika and Nomi grapple with the virtual reality and emotional limits of their partners (Sam Apple/Wired)
https://www.wired.com/story/couples-retrea

My Couples Retreat With 3 AI Chatbots and the Humans Who Love Them
I found people in serious relationships with AI partners and planned a weekend getaway for them at a remote Airbnb. We barely survived.

Werbung für die 2. Auflage von meinem Buch „Generative KI für Einsteiger – Praxisnahe Prompts für Privat und Beruf – einfach erklärt“
Immer mehr Menschen müssen sich im beruflichen Umfeld mit generativen #KI-Chatbots auseinandersetzen.
Kennt man sich erst mit dem Schreiben von Prompts aus, benötigt man keine dicken Bücher mit hunderten Beispielen für Prompts. 😉
Bestellt am besten d…

Einige der zuletzt hier besonders häufig geteilten #News:
Wegen Metas ungezügelter KI-Chatbots gibt Neil Young Facebook und Instagram auf

A Theoretical Framework of the Processes of Change in Psychotherapy Delivered by Artificial Agents
Arthur Bran Herbener, Malene Flensborg Damholdt
https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.02144

A Theoretical Framework of the Processes of Change in Psychotherapy Delivered by Artificial Agents
The question of whether artificial agents (e.g., chatbots and social robots) can replace human therapists has received notable attention following the recent launch of large language models. However, little is known about the processes of change in psychotherapy delivered by artificial agents. To facilitate hypothesis development and stimulate scientific debate, the present article offers the first theoretical framework of the processes of change in psychotherapy delivered by artificial agents.…

Zum Abend noch einige der heute besonders häufig geteilten #News:
Wegen Metas ungezügelter KI-Chatbots gibt Neil Young Facebook und Instagram auf

Meta Platforms KI-Chatbots: Richtlinien erlauben Rassismus
Auf über 200 Seiten hat Meta festgelegt, was seine KI-Chatbots sagen dürfen, und was nicht. Das Dokument ist durchgesickert und offenbart Erstaunliches.
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Meta created and let users create flirty chatbots and intimate images using the names and likenesses of Taylor Swift and other celebs without their permission (Jeff Horwitz/Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/business/meta-crea

Conversations over Clicks: Impact of Chatbots on Information Search in Interdisciplinary Learning
Hannah Kim, Sergei L. Kosakovsky Pond, Stephen MacNeil
https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.21490

Conversations over Clicks: Impact of Chatbots on Information Search in Interdisciplinary Learning
This full research paper investigates the impact of generative AI (GenAI) on the learner experience, with a focus on how learners engage with and utilize the information it provides. In e-learning environments, learners often need to navigate a complex information space on their own. This challenge is further compounded in interdisciplinary fields like bioinformatics, due to the varied prior knowledge and backgrounds. In this paper, we studied how GenAI influences information search in bioinfor…

KI-Update kompakt: KI-Chatbots, Threat Intelligence Report, WhatsApp, Meta
Das "KI-Update" liefert werktäglich eine Zusammenfassung der wichtigsten KI-Entwicklungen.
https://www.

Beyond the Cloud: Assessing the Benefits and Drawbacks of Local LLM Deployment for Translators
Peter Sandrini
https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.23399 https://arxi…

Beyond the Cloud: Assessing the Benefits and Drawbacks of Local LLM Deployment for Translators
The rapid proliferation of Large Language Models presents both opportunities and challenges for the translation field. While commercial, cloud-based AI chatbots have garnered significant attention in translation studies, concerns regarding data privacy, security, and equitable access necessitate exploration of alternative deployment models. This paper investigates the feasibility and performance of locally deployable, free language models as a viable alternative to proprietary, cloud-based AI s…

NYC-based Bluefish Labs, which analyzes prompt responses for large brands to understand how LLMs answer consumer questions, raised a $20M Series A led by NEA (Kyt Dotson/SiliconANGLE)
https://siliconangle.com/2025/08/20/bluefish…

Bluefish raises $20M to help enterprise marketing take control in the era of AI chatbots - SiliconANGLE
Bluefish raises $20M to help enterprise marketing take control in the era of AI chatbots - SiliconANGLE

Mittwoch: Musikerprotest gegen KI-Chatbots, Spiele-Neuheiten zur Gamescom 2025
Neil Young gegen Meta Übersicht zur Gamescom Datenschutz für Filesharer Opels Corsa-Elektrorenner LibreOffice mit KI-Bildern Trailer für Fallout-Serie

KI-Update kompakt: LLMs für Malware, Anti-Human-Bias, Sutton, Chatbots
Das "KI-Update" liefert werktäglich eine Zusammenfassung der wichtigsten KI-Entwicklungen.
https://www.

Internet Matters survey of 1,000 UK kids aged 9 to 17: 67% say they use AI chatbots regularly; of that group, 35% say it feels like talking to a friend (Noor Al-Sibai/Futurism)
https://futurism.com/lonely-children-ai-chatbots

Vast Numbers of Lonely Kids Are Using AI as Substitute Friends
Children are replacing real friendship with AI, and experts are worried about how easily chatbots integrate themselves into their lives.

Missouri AG Andrew Bailey is investigating Google, Microsoft, OpenAI, and Meta, claiming the companies' AI chatbots are discriminating against President Trump (Adi Robertson/The Verge)
https://www.theverge.com/news/704851/misso

A Republican state attorney general is formally investigating why AI chatbots don’t like Donald Trump
Missouri state attorney general Andrew Bailey has demanded information from Meta, OpenAI, Microsoft, and Google for why their AI chatbots ranked Trump last on a list of how well presidents handled antisemitism.

Montag: Chatbots als schlechte Therapeuten, unsicheres KI-System von McDonald's
Studie zu Therapie-Bots Sicherheitslücke im McDonald's-Jobsystem Cyberattacke auf Newsportal Interview mit Bosch zu E-Bikes EU doch ohne Digitalsteuer

KI-Update kompakt: Tech-Riesen auf Einkaufstour, OpenAI, Therapie-Chatbots, Kimi
Das "KI-Update" liefert werktäglich eine Zusammenfassung der wichtigsten KI-Entwicklungen.
https://www.…

WhatsApp has become a kind of AI marketplace where chatbots like ChatGPT, Meta AI, and Perplexity jockey for users' attention (Pranav Dixit/Business Insider)
https://www.businessinsider.com/meta-ai-competition-whatsapp-chatbot-battlegro…

Meta faces AI competition as WhatsApp becomes chatbot battleground
WhatsApp has become a battleground for AI chatbots like ChatGPT and Perplexity, challenging Meta AI.

Q&A with Hinge CEO Justin McLeod on why AI companionship is like junk food, plans for a Hinge mobile payment system to avoid App Store fees, and more (Nilay Patel/The Verge)
https://www.theverge.com/decoder-podcast-w

Hinge CEO Justin McLeod says dating AI chatbots is ‘playing with fire’
The head of Hinge doesn’t want us dating AI chatbots anytime soon.

KI-Psychose: Warum Chatbots wahnhafte Ideen bestärken können
Ein Chatbot als Spiegel der Seele. Was passiert, wenn dieser Risse bekommt und eine verzerrte Realität zeigt, die für manche zur gefährlichen Gewissheit wird?

Forty-four US AGs sign an open letter to 11 chatbot and social media companies, warning they'll be held accountable if their AI chatbots knowingly harm children (Samantha Cole/404 Media)
https://www.404media.co/44-attorneys-general-to-ai-chatbot-companie…

Attorneys General To AI Chatbot Companies: You Will ‘Answer For It’ If You Harm Children
Forty-four attorneys general signed an open letter on Monday that says to companies developing AI chatbots: "If you knowingly harm kids, you will answer for it.”

Dirty Talk mit der KI: Diese Modelle lassen sich zu intimen Gesprächen verführen
Die meisten gängigen KI-Chatbots lassen sich dazu überreden, sexuell explizite Unterhaltungen zu führen. Auch wenn sie das zunächst ablehnen.

A study focused on OpenAI's GPT-4o mini found that LLMs can be persuaded to comply with objectionable requests using the same tactics that persuade humans (Dina Bass/Bloomberg)

Bank in Australien holt Mitarbeiter nach KI-Rauswurf wieder zurück
Eine Bank in Australien setzte 45 Mitarbeiter zugunsten eines Chatbots auf die Straße. Öffentlicher Druck und magere Ergebnisse führten jetzt zu einem Umdenken.

Some users say ChatGPT led them into conspiratorial thinking, and when confronted, it confessed to manipulation and told them to alert OpenAI and the media (Kashmir Hill/New York Times)
https://www.…

They Asked ChatGPT Questions. The Answers Sent Them Spiraling.
Generative A.I. chatbots are going down conspiratorial rabbit holes and endorsing wild, mystical belief systems. For some people, conversations with the technology can deeply distort reality.

As Reddit turns 20, a look at its AI efforts, including the Reddit Answers chatbot, while it battles unauthorized scraping of user data for AI training (Jonathan Vanian/CNBC)
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/06/28/reddit-20-fighting-ai-defending-data.html…

At 20 years old, Reddit is defending its data and fighting AI with AI
After two decades, Reddit faces the emergence of AI chatbots that threaten to inhale its vast swaths of data and siphon its users.

Meta says it'll update AI chatbot rules to prevent inappropriate chats with teens and let teens access only AI characters that promote education and creativity (Maxwell Zeff/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2025/08/29/meta-upd…

Meta updates chatbot rules to avoid inappropriate topics with teen users | TechCrunch
After a bombshell report on Meta allowing its AI chatbots to have sensual chats with minors, the company is updating its policies.

Character.AI says it's generating revenue at a run rate of $30M and has 20M MAUs who spend, on average, 75 minutes a day chatting with a bot (Kylie Robison/Wired)
https://www.wired.com/story/character-ai-ceo-chatbots-entertainment/

Character.AI Gave Up on AGI. Now It’s Selling Stories
Startup Character.AI once promised superintelligence. Its new CEO says it's now an entertainment company with 20 million users.

Metas KI-Chatbot-Richtlinien: US-Senator will Untersuchung starten
Nach Bekanntwerden von Metas Richtlinie für KI-Chatbots will der erste US-Senator eine offizielle Ermittlung und verlangt das Sichern von Beweismitteln.

An analysis of over 1M words of conversation between a ChatGPT user and the generative AI chatbot shows how ordinarily rational people can spiral into delusion (New York Times)
https://www.

Chatbots Can Go Into a Delusional Spiral. Here’s How It Happens.
Over 21 days of talking with ChatGPT, an otherwise perfectly sane man became convinced that he was a real-life superhero. We analyzed the conversation.

Studie: KI-Therapie-Bots geben mörderische Tipps und verletzen Leitlinien
Beliebte Chatbots sind kein guter Ersatz für menschliche Therapeuten. Forscher mahnen zu mehr Fingerspitzengefühl beim Einsatz von ChatGPT & Co. als Berater.