2 papers
q-bio.NC2026
Do Large Language Models Have Emotions?
Amit Goldenberg, James J. Gross
Do LLMs have emotions? A recent paper from Anthropic reports finding internal representations of emotion concepts in Claude Sonnet 4.5, concluding that the LLM has 'functional emot…
cs.AI2026
Stumbling Into AI Emotional Dependence: How Routine AI Interactions Reshape Human Connection
Yaoxi Shi, Cathy Mengying Fang, Pattie Maez +1
Public discourse and emerging policy typically assume that AI emotional support is a deliberate act: a lonely user consciously seeking comfort from a dedicated companion chatbot. I…