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DeSRPA: Decoupled Speech Role-Playing Agent via Inference-Time Intervention
Jun 16, 2026Wenqiu Tang, Zhen Wan, Takahiro Komamizu +1Large Language Model-Based Role-Play Simulation Spoken Dialogue Systems
Nagoya University, Nagoya, Aichi, Japan · National Institute of Informatics, Tokyo, Japan
AI systems out-persuade expert humans
Jun 15, 2026Kobi Hackenburg, Caroline Wagner, Luke Hewitt +5Human-AI Interaction Persuasion in Language Models
University of Oxford, Oxford, OX2 6GG, UK · 2UK AI Security Institute, London, UK · 3Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, USA +1
If These Walls Could Talk: Critical Play with Large Language Models in Museums
Jun 14, 2026Anders Sundnes LøvlieLarge Language Model-Based Role-Play Simulation LLM Reliability
Adaptive Turn-Taking for Real-time Multi-Party Voice Agents
Jun 11, 2026Soumyajit Mitra, Prabhat Pandey, Abhinav Jain +2Spoken Dialogue Systems Speech Language Models
Amazon AGI · IIT Kharagpur, India
YeasierAgent: Agentic Social Sandbox as a Canvas for Intent-Driven Creation of Platform-Agnostic Symbiotic Agent-Native Applications
Jun 11, 2026Jory HeMulti-Agent Collaboration Tool-Using Agents
Yeasier AI (www.yeasier.com)
Iterating Toward Better Search: A Two-Agent Simulation Framework for Evaluating Agentic Search Architectures in E-Commerce
Jun 11, 2026Jetlir Duraj, Jayanth Yetukuri, Shuang Zhou +4LLM Agent Memory E-Commerce Search
eBay Inc.
Shopping Reasoning Bench: An Expert-Authored Benchmark for Multi-Turn Conversational Shopping Assistants
Jun 10, 2026Shuxian Fan, Seonwoo Min, Youna Hu +7Multi-Turn Dialogue Evaluation Large Language Model-Based Recommendation
Amazon
Designing AI-Supported Focus Groups: A Role x Modality Playbook
Jun 10, 2026Zhiqing Wang, Steven DowHuman-AI Interaction Conversational Agents
University of California, San Diego, USA
From Perception to Action: Can UI Interventions Foster Sustainable LLM Chatbot
Jun 9, 2026Nitish Patkar, Pooja Rani, Jack Glässer +2Human-AI Interaction Conversational Agents
University of Applied Sciences and Arts Northwestern Switzerland (FHNW), Windisch, Switzerland · University of Mannheim, Mannheim, Germany
One Model, Multiple Goals: Adaptive Multi-Objective Learning for E-commerce Dialogue Systems
Jun 8, 2026Mingzhe Li, Jing Xiang, Enguo Zhou +5Multi-Objective Reinforcement Learning RL for Language Models
ByteDance · MBZUAI · University of Notre Dame
LCAM: A Framework for Diagnosing Interactional Alignment Failures in Con-versational AI
Jun 6, 2026Manuele Reani, Hongyu TianLLM Alignment LLM Safety Alignment
School of Management and Economics, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen, China
A Motivational Architecture for Conversational AGI
Jun 3, 2026Anna Mikeda, Ben GoertzelCognitive Architectures for AI Agents Intrinsic Motivation
Glass Umbrella · SingularityNet
SaliMory: Orchestrating Cognitive Memory for Conversational Agents
Jun 2, 2026Kai Zhang, Xinyuan Zhang, Hongda Jiang +11Persistent Memory for Language Models Memorization in Generative Models
Meta Reality Labs
GuidaPA: Privacy-Preserving Chatbot for Public Administration via Federated Learning
May 31, 2026Daniel M. Jimenez-Gutierrez, Albenzio Cirillo, Raffaele Nicolussi +2Privacy-Preserving Language Models Conversational Agents
Sapienza University of Rome, Via Ariosto 25, 00185 Rome, Italy · Fondazione Ugo Bordoni, Viale del Policlinico 147, 00161 Rome, Italy
CA-BED: Conversation-Aware Bayesian Experimental Design
May 31, 2026Daniel Arnould, Rashad Aziz, Zixuan Kang +5Active Information Gathering Bayesian Experimental Design
TokTalk: Expressive Real-time Facial Animation from Audio-LLM Tokens
May 29, 2026Qingcheng Zhao, Yifang Pan, Karan SinghTalking Head Generation Human Avatar Animation
University of Toronto · Toronto, Canada
Neither Replacement nor Panacea: Comparing LLM-Based Conversational and Graphical Decision Support in Industrial Tasks
May 29, 2026Roberto Figliè, Simone Caputo, Alan Serrano +3AI-Assisted Decision Making Human-AI Interaction
Department of Computer Science, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy · Department of Computer Science, Brunel University of London, Uxbridge, United Kingdom
Personalized to Persuade: The Effects of Contextualization and Warmth on Trust and Reliance in Conversational AI
May 29, 2026Mert Yazan, Suzan Verberne, Frederik Bungaran Ishak SitumeangTrust in AI Conversational Agents
Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences Amsterdam, Netherlands · University of Leiden Leiden, Netherlands
Comparing LLM-Based Conversational and Graphical Interfaces for Industrial Decision Tasks: An Exploratory Mixed-Methods Study
May 29, 2026Roberto Figliè, Simone Caputo, Alan Serrano +2AI-Assisted Decision Making Human-AI Interaction
Department of Computer Science, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy · San Matteo Hospital, Pavia, Italy · Department of Computer Science, Brunel University of London, London, United Kingdom
DynSess: Dynamic Session-Level Evaluation and Optimization Framework for Role-Playing Agents
May 28, 2026Rongsheng Zhang, Jiji Tang, Junnan Ren +6Large Language Model-Based Role-Play Simulation Long-Horizon Agent Evaluation
1Zhejiang University · 2Fuxi AI Lab, NetEase Inc. · 3Xiamen University
From Static Context to Calibrated Interactive RL: Mitigating Distribution Shift in Multi-turn Dialogue with Aligned Simulator
May 26, 2026Xiaohua Wang, Jiakang Yuan, Zisu Huang +5RL for Language Models Reinforcement Learning
Fudan University
From Facts to Insights: A Persona-Driven Dual Memory Framework and Dataset for Role-Playing Agents
May 25, 2026Rongsheng Zhang, Ruofan Hu, Weijie Chen +7Large Language Model-Based Role-Play Simulation Personality Modeling in Language Models
Zhejiang University · Fuxi AI Lab, Netease Inc.
Towards Multi-Turn Dialog Systems for Industrial Asset Operations and Maintenance
May 24, 2026Chengrui Li, Rujing Li, Yitong Bai +1Multi-Agent Orchestration Tool-Using Agents
Columbia University
ProActor: Timing-Aware Reinforcement Learning for Proactive Task Scheduling Agents
May 24, 2026Lei Ding, Bin He, Chenguang Wang +1Proactive Assistance Conversational Agents
University of California, Santa Cruz · 2Zillow Group
Know You Before You Speak: User-State Modeling for LLM Personalization in Multi-Turn Conversation
May 23, 2026Jiani Luo, Xiaoyan Zhao, Yang Zhang +4LLM Personalization User Modeling
School of Computing, National University of Singapore, Singapore · School of Artificial Intelligence, Beihang University, Beijing, China · Institute of Computing Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China +1
Structure-Aware RAG: Structured Retrieval Augmented Generation from Noisy Data for Conversational Agents
May 23, 2026Kaiqiao Han, LuAn Tang, Renliang Sun +6Retrieval-Augmented Generation Conversational Agents
UCLA · NEC Labs
Socially fluent AI decouples conversational signals from source identity in online interaction
May 22, 2026Lixiang Yan, Yueqiao Jin, Xibin Han +1Human-AI Interaction Conversational Agents
School of Education, Tsinghua University, Beijing & 100084, China · Faculty of Information Technology, Monash University, Melbourne & 3800, Australia · Faculty of Education, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China
A Proactive Multi-Agent Dialogue Framework for Assessing Social Language Disorder Traits in Autism
May 21, 2026Chuanbo Hu, Minglei Yin, Bin Liu +4Multi-Agent LLM Systems Autism Spectrum Disorder
Department of Computer Science, University at Albany, Albany, 12222, NY, USA. · Department of Management Information System, West Virginia University, Morgantown, 26506, WV, USA. · Humanities and Social Sciences, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, 91125, CA,2026 USA. +1
Think Thrice Before You Speak: Dual knowledge-enhanced Theory-of-Mind Reasoning for Persuasive Agents
May 21, 2026Minghui Ma, Bin Guo, Runze Yang +7Theory of Mind Conversational Agents
Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi’an, China · Peking University, Beijing, China · Harbin Engineering University, Harbin, China
Reflecti-Mate: A Conversational Agent for Adaptive Decision-Making Support Through System 1 and System 2 Thinking
May 21, 2026Morita Tarvirdians, Senthil Chandrasegaran, Hayley Hung +2AI-Assisted Decision Making Conversational Agents
TU Delft Delft, The Netherlands · TU Delft/Leiden University Delft/Leiden, The Netherlands

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DeSRPA: Decoupled Speech Role-Playing Agent via Inference-Time Intervention

Wenqiu Tang, Zhen Wan, Takahiro Komamizu, Ichiro Ide

Nagoya University, Nagoya, Aichi, Japan · National Institute of Informatics, Tokyo, Japan

Large Language Model-Based Role-Play Simulation Spoken Dialogue Systems Controllable Speech Generation Conversational Agents Inference-Time Intervention

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While Large Language Models (LLMs) have revolutionized text-based role-playing, creating immersive Speech Role-Playing Agents (SRPAs) requires a seamless bridge between cognitive reasoning and paralinguistic nuances. Current SRPAs primarily rely on end-to-end (E2E) fine-tuning. However, this paradigm suffers from poor generalization to unseen characters due to its reliance on role-specific data, while imposing a "modality alignment tax" that degrades intrinsic LLM reasoning capabilities. We propose DeSRPA, an agentic framework for character role play via inference-time intervention on frozen backbones. DeSRPA employs a dual-level control vector mechanism, Internal Cognitive Steering and External Expressive Rendering, to synchronize "mind" and "voice". Experiments on SpeechRole and OmniCharacter benchmarks demonstrate that DeSRPA significantly outperforms E2E baselines in personality and emotional consistency. It achieves high speech naturalness, narrowing the gap with proprietary models like GPT-4o Audio, while remaining a scalable and training-free paradigm.