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The advent of Large Language Models (LLMs) and generative AI is fundamentally transforming information retrieval and processing on the Internet, bringing both great potential and significant concerns regarding content authenticity and…

Information Retrieval · Computer Science 2026-02-12 Michele Garetto , Alessandro Cornacchia , Franco Galante , Emilio Leonardi , Alessandro Nordio , Alberto Tarable

Generative AI, the most popular current approach to AI, consists of large language models (LLMs) that are trained to produce outputs that are plausible, but not necessarily correct. Although their abilities are often uncanny, they are…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2023-08-10 Doug Lenat , Gary Marcus

While Generative AI (GenAI) systems draw users away from (Q&A) forums, they also depend on the very data those forums produce to improve their performance. Addressing this paradox, we propose a framework of sequential interaction, in which…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2026-05-01 Niv Fono , Yftah Ziser , Omer Ben-Porat

Large Language Models (LLMs) excel at producing broadly relevant text, but this generality becomes a limitation when user-specific preferences are required, such as recommending restaurants or planning travel. In these scenarios, users…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2025-10-21 Ioannis Tsaknakis , Bingqing Song , Shuyu Gan , Dongyeop Kang , Alfredo Garcia , Gaowen Liu , Charles Fleming , Mingyi Hong

System prompts - instructions that shape the behaviour of generative AI systems - strongly influence system outputs and users' experiences. They define the model's guidelines, `personality', and guardrails, taking precedence over user…

Computers and Society · Computer Science 2026-03-03 Anna Neumann , Yulu Pi , Jatinder Singh

Large Language Models (LLMs) have become powerful foundations for generative recommender systems, framing recommendation tasks as text generation tasks. However, existing generative recommendation methods often rely on discrete ID-based…

Information Retrieval · Computer Science 2026-03-24 Jerome Ramos , Bin Wu , Aldo Lipani

Large Language Models (LLMs) are increasingly expected to handle complex decision-making tasks, yet their ability to perform structured resource allocation remains underexplored. Evaluating their reasoning is also difficult due to data…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2025-08-11 Sankarshan Damle , Boi Faltings

Background: Generative AI tools have become increasingly relevant in supporting personalized recommendations across various domains. However, their effectiveness in health-related behavioral interventions, especially those aiming to reduce…

Information Retrieval · Computer Science 2025-08-07 Rafael Salinas-Buestan , Otto Parra , Nelly Condori-Fernandez , Maria Fernanda Granda

Generative artificial intelligence (AI) is increasingly integrated into the online platforms where humans exchange opinions; large language models (LLMs) now polish users' posts on LinkedIn and provide context for content shared on X. While…

Computers and Society · Computer Science 2026-05-18 Stratis Tsirtsis , Kai Rawal , Chris Russell , Brent Mittelstadt , Sandra Wachter

his paper explores what kinds of questions are best served by the way generative AI (GenAI) using Large Language Models(LLMs) that aggregate and package knowledge, and when traditional curated web-sourced search results serve users better.…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2024-10-17 Ted Selker , Yunzi Wu

Generative Artificial Intelligence (GenAI) enables digital representatives to make decisions on behalf of team members in collaborative tasks, but faces challenges in accurately representing preferences. While supplying GenAI with detailed…

Computer Science and Game Theory · Computer Science 2025-12-16 Kexin Chen , Jianwei Huang , Yuan Luo

New systems employ Machine Learning to sift through large knowledge sources, creating flexible Large Language Models. These models discern context and predict sequential information in various communication forms. Generative AI, leveraging…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2023-07-19 Ted Selker

Providing rich, constructive feedback to students is essential for supporting and enhancing their learning. Recent advancements in Generative Artificial Intelligence (AI), particularly with large language models (LLMs), present new…

Computers and Society · Computer Science 2025-07-11 Euan D Lindsay , Mike Zhang , Aditya Johri , Johannes Bjerva

When Artificial Intelligence (AI) is used to replace consumers (e.g., synthetic data), it is often assumed that AI emulates established consumers, and more generally human behaviors. Ten experiments with Large Language Models (LLMs)…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2025-10-10 Antonios Stamatogiannakis , Arsham Ghodsinia , Sepehr Etminanrad , Dilney Gonçalves , David Santos

While search is the predominant method of accessing information, formulating effective queries remains a challenging task, especially for situations where the users are not familiar with a domain, or searching for documents in other…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2023-11-21 Kaustubh D. Dhole , Ramraj Chandradevan , Eugene Agichtein

In sequential recommendation, models recommend items based on user's interaction history. To this end, current models usually incorporate information such as item descriptions and user intent or preferences. User preferences are usually not…

Agents based on Large Language Models (LLMs) are increasingly being deployed as interfaces to information on online platforms. These agents filter, prioritize, and synthesize information retrieved from the platforms' back-end databases or…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2026-02-18 Mohammad Aflah Khan , Mahsa Amani , Soumi Das , Bishwamittra Ghosh , Qinyuan Wu , Krishna P. Gummadi , Manish Gupta , Abhilasha Ravichander

LLMs are popular among clinicians for decision-support because of simple text-based interaction. However, their impact on clinicians' performance is ambiguous. Not knowing how clinicians use this new technology and how they compare it to…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2026-02-02 Behnam Rahdari , Sameer Shaikh , Jonathan H Chen , Tobias Gerstenberg , Shriti Raj

Recent advances in the development of large language models are rapidly changing how online applications function. LLM-based search tools, for instance, offer a natural language interface that can accommodate complex queries and provide…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2023-11-10 Sofia Eleni Spatharioti , David M. Rothschild , Daniel G. Goldstein , Jake M. Hofman

This study embarked on a comprehensive exploration of user preferences between Search Engines and Large Language Models (LLMs) in the context of various information retrieval scenarios. Conducted with a sample size of 100 internet users…

Information Retrieval · Computer Science 2024-01-12 Kevin Matthe Caramancion