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The latest large language models (LLMs) such as ChatGPT, exhibit strong capabilities in automated mental health analysis. However, existing relevant studies bear several limitations, including inadequate evaluations, lack of prompting…

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This study examines ChatGPT-4's capability to replicate linguistic strategies used in political discourse, focusing on its potential for manipulative language generation. As large language models become increasingly popular for text…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2025-12-05 Davide Garassino , Nicola Brocca , Viviana Masia

ChatGPT has the ability to generate grammatically flawless and seemingly-human replies to different types of questions from various domains. The number of its users and of its applications is growing at an unprecedented rate. Unfortunately,…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2023-02-01 Sandra Mitrović , Davide Andreoletti , Omran Ayoub

There are widespread fears that conversational AI could soon exert unprecedented influence over human beliefs. Here, in three large-scale experiments (N=76,977), we deployed 19 LLMs-including some post-trained explicitly for persuasion-to…

The performance of conversational Large Language Models (LLMs) in general, and of ChatGPT in particular, is currently being evaluated on many different tasks, from logical reasoning or maths to answering questions on a myriad of topics.…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2024-10-22 Gonzalo Martínez , José Alberto Hernández , Javier Conde , Pedro Reviriego , Elena Merino

Large language model (LLM) applications, such as ChatGPT, are a powerful tool for online information-seeking (IS) and problem-solving tasks. However, users still face challenges initializing and refining prompts, and their cognitive…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2024-02-12 Ben Wang , Jiqun Liu , Jamshed Karimnazarov , Nicolas Thompson

Integrating generative AI such as Large Language Models into social robots has improved their ability to engage in natural, human-like communication. This study presents a method to examine their persuasive capabilities. We designed an…

This paper was a Workshop Paper. See the full paper which will be presented at CHI 2026: arXiv:2501.10551; As large language models (LLMs) become more powerful and ubiquitous, systems like ChatGPT are increasingly used by students to help…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2026-02-13 Andrew Jelson , Sang Won Lee

The widespread adoption of generative AI has generated diverse opinions, with individuals expressing both support and criticism of its applications. This study investigates the emotional dynamics surrounding generative AI by analyzing human…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2025-01-14 Shireesh Reddy Pyreddy , Tarannum Shaila Zaman

Large language models (LLMs) like ChatGPT are increasingly used in academic writing, yet issues such as incorrect or fabricated references raise ethical concerns. Moreover, current content quality evaluations often rely on subjective human…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2025-09-15 Jing Ren , Weiqi Wang

Large language models (LLMs) exhibit impressive capabilities in generating realistic text across diverse subjects. Concerns have been raised that they could be utilized to produce fake content with a deceptive intention, although evidence…

Computers and Society · Computer Science 2024-05-31 Kai-Cheng Yang , Filippo Menczer

The recent success of large language models (LLMs) has shown great potential to develop more powerful conversational recommender systems (CRSs), which rely on natural language conversations to satisfy user needs. In this paper, we embark on…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2024-06-21 Xiaolei Wang , Xinyu Tang , Wayne Xin Zhao , Jingyuan Wang , Ji-Rong Wen

Large language models (LLMs), like ChatGPT, are capable of computing affectionately nuanced text that therefore can shape online interactions, including dating. This study explores how individuals experience closeness and romantic interest…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2025-04-22 Jessica Szczuka , Lisa Mühl , Paula Ebner , Simon Dubé

The release of ChatGPT in late 2022 caused a flurry of activity and concern in the academic and educational communities. Some see the tool's ability to generate human-like text that passes at least cursory inspections for factual accuracy…

Computers and Society · Computer Science 2025-04-18 Leo Leppänen , Lili Aunimo , Arto Hellas , Jukka K. Nurminen , Linda Mannila

Large language models (LLMs) have demonstrated exceptional performance across various linguistic tasks. However, it remains uncertain whether LLMs have developed human-like fine-grained grammatical intuition. This preregistered study…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2024-06-18 Zhuang Qiu , Xufeng Duan , Zhenguang G. Cai

Large language models (LLMs) possess strong persuasive capabilities that outperform humans in head-to-head comparisons. Users report consulting LLMs to inform major life decisions in relationships, medical settings, and when seeking…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2026-04-28 Nalin Poungpeth , Nicholas Clark , Tanu Mitra

In recent years, significant concern has emerged regarding the potential threat that Large Language Models (LLMs) pose to democratic societies through their persuasive capabilities. We expand upon existing research by conducting two survey…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2025-05-02 Zhongren Chen , Joshua Kalla , Quan Le , Shinpei Nakamura-Sakai , Jasjeet Sekhon , Ruixiao Wang

Large language models (LLMs) such as ChatGPT have demonstrated superior performance on a variety of natural language processing (NLP) tasks including sentiment analysis, mathematical reasoning and summarization. Furthermore, since these…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2023-10-18 Shiyuan Huang , Siddarth Mamidanna , Shreedhar Jangam , Yilun Zhou , Leilani H. Gilpin

Large Language Model (LLM) chatbots like ChatGPT have emerged as cognitive scaffolding for autistic users, yet the tension between their utility and risk remains under-articulated. Through an inductive thematic analysis of 3,984 social…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2026-03-26 Renkai Ma , Ben Zefeng Zhang , Chen Chen , Fan Yang , Xiaoshan Huang , Haolun Wu , Lingyao Li

Artificial intelligence's (AI) progress holds great promise in tackling pressing societal concerns such as health and climate. Large Language Models (LLM) and the derived chatbots, like ChatGPT, have highly improved the natural language…