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The Siren Song of LLMs: How Users Perceive and Respond to Dark Patterns in Large Language Models
Yike Shi (Diane), Qing Xiao (Diane), Qing (Diane), Hu, Hong Shen, Hua Shen
https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.10830

The Siren Song of LLMs: How Users Perceive and Respond to Dark Patterns in Large Language Models
Large language models can influence users through conversation, creating new forms of dark patterns that differ from traditional UX dark patterns. We define LLM dark patterns as manipulative or deceptive behaviors enacted in dialogue. Drawing on prior work and AI incident reports, we outline a diverse set of categories with real-world examples. Using them, we conducted a scenario-based study where participants (N=34) compared manipulative and neutral LLM responses. Our results reveal that recog…

Documenting Deployment with Fabric: A Repository of Real-World AI Governance
Mackenzie Jorgensen, Kendall Brogle, Katherine M. Collins, Lujain Ibrahim, Arina Shah, Petra Ivanovic, Noah Broestl, Gabriel Piles, Paul Dongha, Hatim Abdulhussein, Adrian Weller, Jillian Powers, Umang Bhatt
https://arxiv.org/abs/2508.14119

Documenting Deployment with Fabric: A Repository of Real-World AI Governance
Artificial intelligence (AI) is increasingly integrated into society, from financial services and traffic management to creative writing. Academic literature on the deployment of AI has mostly focused on the risks and harms that result from the use of AI. We introduce Fabric, a publicly available repository of deployed AI use cases to outline their governance mechanisms. Through semi-structured interviews with practitioners, we collect an initial set of 20 AI use cases. In addition, we co-desig…

IPPOG: a global network for particle physics outreach and education
IPPOG Collaboration
https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.17643 https://arxiv.org/pdf/2509.17643…

IPPOG: a global network for particle physics outreach and education
We present the International Particle Physics Outreach Group (IPPOG), a global network dedi- cated to connecting students, educators, and the general public with the world of particle physics. In this paper, we outline the need to bridge the existing gap between the particle physics community and the wider audience, and we present the solutions that IPPOG has implemented to overcome it through three pillar Activities: the International Masterclasses and the Global Cosmics hands-on activities ne…