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most citedOn the Globalization of the QAnon Conspiracy Theory Through Telegram

15 citations · 106 across the 36 of their papers we have counts for

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62 papers

cs.CL2026

Expectation, Backlash, Recovery, and Excitement: How Model Releases Shape Reddit Perceptions of Conversational AI Systems

Vahid Rahimzadeh, Yury Zhauniarovich, Savvas Zannettou

Conversational AI systems (CAISes) continuously change through model releases, feature updates, safety interventions, and access-policy shifts, yet user perceptions are often studi…

cs.CL2026

Misinformation Span Detection in Videos via Audio Transcripts

Breno Matos, Rennan C. Lima, Savvas Zannettou +2

Online misinformation is one of the most challenging issues lately, yielding severe consequences, including political polarization, attacks on democracy, and public health risks. M…

cs.CR2026

Understanding LLM Behavior When Encountering User-Supplied Harmful Content in Harmless Tasks

Junjie Chu, Yiting Qu, Ye Leng +4

Large Language Models (LLMs) are increasingly trained to align with human values, primarily focusing on task level, i.e., refusing to execute directly harmful tasks. However, a sub…

cs.HC2026

The Algorithmic Self-Portrait: Deconstructing Memory in ChatGPT

Abhisek Dash, Soumi Das, Elisabeth Kirsten +6

To enable personalized and context-aware interactions, conversational AI systems have introduced a new mechanism: Memory. Memory creates what we refer to as the Algorithmic Self-po…

cs.HC2026

Bowling with ChatGPT: On the Evolving User Interactions with Conversational AI Systems

Sai Keerthana Karnam, Abhisek Dash, Krishna P. Gummadi +3

Recent studies have discussed how users are increasingly using conversational AI systems, powered by LLMs, for information seeking, decision support, and even emotional support. Ho…

cs.CY2026

Does Ad-Free Mean Less Data Collection? An Empirical Study of Platform Data Practices and User Expectations

Sepehr Mousavi, Abhisek Dash, Savvas Zannettou +1

Online platforms increasingly offer "paid" ad-free subscriptions as an alternative to the traditional "free" ad-based model. The transition to ad-free models ostensibly removes adv…