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cs.HC2026
Synthetic Contact with AI Reduces Cross-Partisan Animosity
Benjamin Lira, Noah Castelo, Stefano Puntoni +1
Americans' warmth toward members of the opposing political party has fallen sharply over the past three decades -- yet meaningful cross-partisan contact remains scarce, in part bec…
cs.HC2025
Lessons From an App Update at Replika AI: Identity Discontinuity in Human-AI Relationships
Julian De Freitas, Noah Castelo, Ahmet K. UÄuralp +1
Can consumers form especially deep emotional bonds with AI and be vested in AI identities over time? We leverage a natural app-update event at Replika AI, a popular US-based AI com…