2 papers
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…
cs.CL2026
ThoughtTrace: Understanding User Thoughts in Real-World LLM Interactions
Chuanyang Jin, Binze Li, Haopeng Xie +6
Conversational AI has now reached billions of users, yet existing datasets capture only what people say, not what they think. We introduce ThoughtTrace, the first large-scale datas…