16 papers
Divergent Paths to Depolarization: Dialogue Design Shapes the Intergroup Attitudinal Effects of AI-Assisted Political Argumentation
Jianlong Zhu, Syed Muhammad Jhon Raza Naqvi, Carolin-Theresa Ziemer +2
Structured argumentative dialogues where interlocutors deliberate on opposing political ideas are known to promote perspective-taking and reduce political polarization, but finding…
You See It, They Don't: An Exploratory Study of User-to-User Variation in Instagram Comments
Brahmani Nutakki, Manon Lilott Kempermann, Ingmar Weber
In March 2025, Meta announced a new AI system to rank the order of the comments shown to Instagram users. With existing research showing how feed personalization systems can lead t…
No one likes it hot, but hotter cities adjust by staying active later
Andrew Renninger, Till Koebe, Ingmar Weber
Extreme heat suppresses urban activity, but its effects need not be uniform across climates or across the day. Using data on activity at points of interest in 20 cities spanning te…
Safe for Whom? Rethinking How We Evaluate the Safety of LLMs for Real Users
Manon Kempermann, Sai Suresh Macharla Vasu, Mahalakshmi Raveenthiran +2
Safety evaluations of large language models (LLMs) typically focus on universal risks like dangerous capabilities or undesirable propensities. However, millions use LLMs for person…
Designing Safe and Accountable GenAI as a Learning Companion with Women Banned from Formal Education
Hamayoon Behmanush, Freshta Akhtari, Ingmar Weber +1
In gender-restrictive and surveilled contexts, where access to formal education may be restricted for women, pursuing education involves safety and privacy risks. When women are ex…
Teacher Professional Development on WhatsApp and LLMs: Early Lessons from Cameroon
Vikram Kamath Cannanure, Bruno Yinkfu, Douglas Bryan +2
AI in education is commonly delivered through web-based systems such as online forms and institutional platforms. However, these approaches can exclude teachers in low-resource con…