activity
20242026
collaborators

8 papers

cs.CL2026

Multilingual KokoroChat: A Multi-LLM Ensemble Translation Method for Creating a Multilingual Counseling Dialogue Dataset

Ryoma Suzuki, Zhiyang Qi, Michimasa Inaba

To address the critical scarcity of high-quality, publicly available counseling dialogue datasets, we created Multilingual KokoroChat by translating KokoroChat, a large-scale manua…

cs.CL2026

Enhancing Consistency of Werewolf AI through Dialogue Summarization and Persona Information

Yoshiki Tanaka, Takumasa Kaneko, Hiroki Onozeki +6

The Werewolf Game is a communication game where players' reasoning and discussion skills are essential. In this study, we present a Werewolf AI agent developed for the AIWolfDial 2…

cs.HC2025

When AI Gets Persuaded, Humans Follow: Inducing the Conformity Effect in Persuasive Dialogue

Rikuo Sasaki, Michimasa Inaba

Recent advancements in AI have highlighted its application in captology, the field of using computers as persuasive technologies. We hypothesized that the "conformity effect," wher…

cs.IR2025

Refining Text Generation for Realistic Conversational Recommendation via Direct Preference Optimization

Manato Tajiri, Michimasa Inaba

Conversational Recommender Systems (CRSs) aim to elicit user preferences via natural dialogue to provide suitable item recommendations. However, current CRSs often deviate from rea…

cs.CL2025

EmoStage: A Framework for Accurate Empathetic Response Generation via Perspective-Taking and Phase Recognition

Zhiyang Qi, Keiko Takamizo, Mariko Ukiyo +1

The rising demand for mental health care has fueled interest in AI-driven counseling systems. While large language models (LLMs) offer significant potential, current approaches fac…

cs.CL2025

KokoroChat: A Japanese Psychological Counseling Dialogue Dataset Collected via Role-Playing by Trained Counselors

Zhiyang Qi, Takumasa Kaneko, Keiko Takamizo +2

Generating psychological counseling responses with language models relies heavily on high-quality datasets. Crowdsourced data collection methods require strict worker training, and…