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Artificial Empathy: AI based Mental Health
Aditya Naik, Jovi Thomas, Teja Sree, Himavant Reddy
https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.00081 https://

Artificial Empathy: AI based Mental Health
Many people suffer from mental health problems but not everyone seeks professional help or has access to mental health care. AI chatbots have increasingly become a go-to for individuals who either have mental disorders or simply want someone to talk to. This paper presents a study on participants who have previously used chatbots and a scenario-based testing of large language model (LLM) chatbots. Our findings indicate that AI chatbots were primarily utilized as a "Five minute therapist" or as …

An Eye for a Treat: Human Gazing Modulates Begging by Free-ranging Dogs
Sourabh Biswas, Srijaya Nandi, Tuhin Subhra Pal, Aesha Lahiri, Anamitra Roy, Hindolii Gope, Kalyan Ghosh, Anindita Bhadra
https://arxiv.org/abs/2505.17770

An Eye for a Treat: Human Gazing Modulates Begging by Free-ranging Dogs
Interspecific communication plays a critical role in mediating human-animal interactions, particularly in contexts involving access to anthropogenic resources. This study investigates the influence of human gazing on the begging strategies of free-ranging dogs in urban and peri-urban environments. Begging behaviour, commonly observed in dogs seeking food from humans, offers insights into their behavioural flexibility and cognitive attunement to human social cues. We observed 650 adult dogs in b…