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  1. Mitigating Social Sycophancy via Pluralistic Preference Optimization

    Oct 1, 2026Stephane Hatgis-Kessell, Myra Cheng, Xiaoxuan Hou +4SycophancyEmpathy

    Department of Computer Science, Stanford University · Amazon · Department of Computer Science, University of Washington

  2. AURAL: Adaptive Latent Reasoning with Joint Chunk for Speech Language Models

    Oct 1, 2026Yuxiang Wang, Kunyu Feng, Yuancheng Wang +12Speech Language ModelsEfficient Latent Reasoning

    The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen · Tencent Hunyuan · Tsinghua University +2

  3. FIGS: Evaluating Multi-Turn Sycophancy Without Penalizing Empathy

    Sep 30, 2026Sidharth Pulipaka, Ruta Binkyte, Ivaxi Sheth +1SycophancyEmpathy

    Independent · German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence (DFKI) · ELLIS Institute Tübingen +2

  4. Thinking in Depth, Speaking Directly: Recurrent Latent Reasoning for Paralinguistically Grounded Spoken Dialogue

    Sep 29, 2026Shengbo Cai, Yuxiang Wang, Jingran Xie +5Speech Language ModelsParalinguistic Cues

    Tsinghua University · Tencent Hunyuan · The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen

  5. Multimodal Detection of Higher-Order Behavioral Constructs: Self-Compassion in Structured Reflective Interaction

    Sep 29, 2026Siddhant Jain, Dimitra TsovaltziEmpathyReflections

    Deutsches Forschungszentrum für Künstliche Intelligenz GmbH (DFKI) Saarbrücken, Saarland, Germany · Universität des Saarlandes Saarbrücken, Saarland, Germany

  6. ThuRunel: Dynamic Decoupling for Structured Advisory Dialogue

    Sep 28, 2026Yuyan ChenAdviceEmpathy

    ModelsLive Inc.

  7. Evolving Support Priorities in Empathetic Reinforcement Learning

    Sep 28, 2026Pengyu Huang, Zhiyuan Han, Wenwen Tong +6EmpathyReinforcement Learning From Human Feedback

    University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, China · SenseTime Research, Shanghai, China · Institute of Artificial Intelligence, Hefei Comprehensive National Science Center

  8. Empath: Tracing Multi-Level Emotion Dynamics in Crisis Counseling Dialogues

    Sep 24, 2026Ziwei Gong, Yuchen Huang, Wen Liang +4EmpathyCrisis

    Columbia University, USA · Barnard College, USA

  9. From Pattern Recognizers to Personalized Companions: A Survey of Large Language Models in Mental Health

    Sep 21, 2026He Hu, Yucheng Zhou, Qianning Wang +8Mental HealthArtificial Intelligence Companions

  10. Empathy Is Steerable but Multi-Axial: Mechanism Geometry and Persona Effects in LLMs

    Sep 14, 2026JuHeon Ha, Byounghan Lee, Yunseo Choi +1EmpathyPersona Consistency

    Department of Artificial Intelligence, Ajou University

  11. ER-EDF: A Psychology-Grounded Emotion Regulation Framework for Speech Empathetic Dialogue Generation in Large Audio-Language Models

    Sep 14, 2026Hongyu Jin, Wenda Zhang, Runqiu Fei +3EmpathyEmotional Regulation

  12. Dual-Loop Self-Evolution via Verifiable Emotion Feedback for Multi-Turn Empathetic Dialogue

    Aug 11, 2026Yi Wei, Shuo Jiang, Huaixia Dou +5EmpathySelf-Evolution

    Qwen DianJin Team, Alibaba Cloud Computing · Beihang University · School of Computer Science and Technology, Soochow University

  13. EmpaAva: An Open-source Agentic 3D-Avatar Empathetic Live Chatbot

    Aug 5, 2026Jie Yang, Wenhao Xu, Shuhui Lin +1Emotional Support Conversation TaskEmpathy

    National University of Singapore · Tsinghua University · University of Oxford

  14. JoyAI-Talker: Full-Duplex Speech Interactive Large Model Built for Empathetic Voice Agents

    Aug 2, 2026Yinhao Bai, Jinming Chen, Yafeng Chen +26Full-Duplex Speech ModelsVoice Agents

  15. Let Me Look at You: Advanced Facial Expression Modeling for Conversational Speech Synthesis

    Jul 27, 2026Yifan Hu, Shuwei He, Rui Liu +1Facial Expression RecognitionSpeech Synthesis

    Inner Mongolia University Hohhot, China · SRIBD, School of Artificial Intelligence The Chinese University of Hong Kong Shenzhen, China

  16. EmoTrace: An Emotion Trajectory-Centered Framework for Psychological Support Dialogue Generation

    Jul 26, 2026Kaitong Weng, Lixin Liu, Zihao Liu +2Emotional Support Conversation TaskEmpathy

    Shenzhen International Graduate School, Tsinghua University

  17. Guiding Language Models to Be More Empathetic: Culturally Sensitive Mental Health Advice Generation Through Human-LLM Collaboration

    Jul 26, 2026Fatema Tuj Johora Faria, Mukaffi Bin Moin, Md. Mahfuzur Rahman +3CounselingEmpathy

    Ahsanullah University of Science and Technology · Bangladesh University of Business and Technology · The University of New South Wales +2

  18. Dynamic Commonsense Coordination for Empathetic Response Generation

    Jul 24, 2026Zhengyu QiEmpathyDialogue Benchmarks

    Leiden Institute of Advanced Computer Science (LIACS) Leiden University, The Netherlands

  19. Open Your Model's Eyes: Video and Context-Aware Multimodal Backchannel Prediction

    Jul 22, 2026Min-Jae Kim, Jun-Yeong Moon, Mujeen Sung +1Multimodal AlignmentVisual Cues

    1Korea University, Seoul, Republic of Korea · 2Kyung Hee University, Yongin, Republic of Korea

  20. From Triggers to Emotions: A CPM-Grounded Appraisal Multi-Agent for Dynamic Emotional Evolution in Persona-Based Dialogue

    Jul 8, 2026Jingyao Cai, Shuaijun Liu, Abdul Rehman +6EmpathyArtificial Intelligence Personas

    National Centre for Computer Animation, Bournemouth University, Bournemouth, United Kingdom · Information Hub, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (Guangzhou), Guangzhou, China · Key Laboratory of Child Cognition & Behavior Development of Hainan Province, Qiongtai Normal University, Haikou, China +2

  21. SPLIT: Cross-Lingual Empathy and Cultural Grounding in English and Ukrainian LLM Responses

    Jul 2, 2026Anna ChornaCross-Lingual ConsistencyLarge Language Model Responses

  22. EMPATH: A Multilingual Auditor-Judge Benchmark for Safety Evaluation of Emotional-Support Chatbots

    Jun 29, 2026Camilo Chacón SartoriEmotional Support Conversation TaskEmpathy

    MindSurf

  23. Self-Stigma Is Not a Monolith, but Generic Empathy Is: Persona-Conditioned LLM Support for People Who Use Drugs

    Jun 22, 2026Layla Bouzoubaa, Rezvaneh RezapourArtificial Intelligence PersonasEmpathy

    Department of Information Science Drexel University Philadelphia, PA

  24. PRIDE: Privileged Information-enhanced Distillation for Empathetic Dialogue Generation

    Jun 22, 2026Jiaqiang Wu, Zhouan Zhu, Shangfei WangEmpathyKnowledge Distillation

    Anhui Robot Technology Standard Innovation Base, School of Computer Science and Technology, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230027, PR China

  25. PRISM: Prosody-Integrated Multi-Agent Reasoning Framework for Empathetic Spoken Dialogue

    Jun 11, 2026Wen Zhang, Xiaocui Yang, Zhuoyue Gao +3EmpathyConversational Datasets

    School of Computer Science and Engineering, Northeastern University, Shenyang 110819, China

  26. ParaBridge: Bridging Paralinguistic Perception and Dialogue Behavior in Speech Language Models

    Jun 9, 2026Yuxiang Wang, Qinke Ni, Shengbo Cai +3Paralinguistic CuesSpeech Language Models

    1The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen · 2Tencent Hunyuan · 5Tsinghua University +2

  27. SSR: Can Simulated Patients Learn to Stigmatize Themselves? Modeling Self-Stigma through Internal Monologue

    Jun 6, 2026Kunyao Lan, Bingrui Jin, Zichen Zhu +1Simulated PatientsMental Health

    X-LANCE Lab, Dept. of Computer Science and Engineering MoE Key Lab of Artificial Intelligence, AI Institute Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China

  28. The Governance of Human-LLM Interaction: Safety Gating, Civility Steering, and Affective Default Lock-In

    Jun 6, 2026Manuele Reani, Hongjian Zhang, Hongyu TianLarge Language Model SafetyGovernance

    School of Management and Economics, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen, China

  29. Beyond Semantic Dominance: Cognitive Affective Reasoning and Empathetic Response Alignment in Audio Language Models

    Jun 5, 2026Zhixian Zhao, Shuiyuan Wang, Wenjie Tian +3Acoustic Latent SpaceEmpathy

  30. LifeSide: Benchmarking Agents as Lifelong Digital Companions

    Jun 3, 2026Yuqian Wu, Zhijie Deng, Wei Chen +8Artificial Intelligence CompanionsDialogue Benchmarks

    Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (Guangzhou) · Tencent · Hong Kong University of Science and Technology

  31. UniVocal: Unified Speech-Singing Code-Switching Synthesis

    Jun 1, 2026Yufei Shi, Qian Chen, Wen Wang +3Singing Voice ConversionText-To-Speech Synthesis

    Tongyi Fun Team, Alibaba Group

  32. From Empathy to Personalized Empathy: Adapting Empathetic Strategies to Individual Users

    May 30, 2026Wuqiang Zheng, Chengbing Wang, Yilin Yang +6Empathy

    University of Science and Technology of China · 2Huawei Technologies · 3China Academy of Cyber

  33. Appropriateness of Empathy in AI: A Signal-Cost Perspective

    May 29, 2026Chi-Ching Juan, Tao Wang, Harold LeeEmpathyPersonalization

    School of Information University of Toronto Toronto, Canada · Independent Researcher Toronto, Canada

  34. ENPMR-Bench: Benchmarking Proactive Memory Retrieval for Emotional Support Agents

    May 26, 2026Xing Fu, Yulin Hu, Mengtong Ji +5Emotional Support Conversation TaskEmpathy

    Research Center for Social Computing and Interactive Robotics Harbin Institute of Technology, Heilongjiang, China

  35. AI-Assisted Systematization for Evaluating GenAI Systems

    May 25, 2026Dhruv Agarwal, Emily Sheng, Chad Atalla +6Generative Artificial IntelligenceArtificial Intelligence Evaluation

    Cornell University · Microsoft Research

  36. Interpretation, Learning, and Empathy as One Constraint: A Residual-Adequacy Architecture with Accountable Abstention

    May 24, 2026Chainarong AmornbunchornvejAbstentionAbductive Reasoning

    National Electronics and Computer Technology Center (NECTEC), 112 Phahonyothin Road, Khlong Nueng, Khlong Luang, Pathum Thani 12120, Thailand

  37. Emotional intelligence in large language models is fragmented across perception, cognition, and interaction

    May 23, 2026Minghao Lv, Lu Chen, Enchang Zhang +6EmpathyCognitive Science

    X-LANCE Lab, School of Computer Science, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China. · MoE Key Lab of Artificial Intelligence. · Jiangsu Key Lab of Language Computing, China. +1

  38. Personality Engineering with AI Agents: A New Methodology for Negotiation Research

    May 19, 2026Michelle A. Vaccaro, Jared R. CurhanNegotiationPersonality

    MIT Institute for Data, Systems, and Society · MIT Sloan School of Management

  39. Body-Grounded Perspective Formation and Conative Attunement in Artificial Agents

    May 16, 2026Hongju PaeWhole-Body ControlGoal-Directed Behavior

    Active Inference Institute, CA, USA

  40. Exploitation Without Deception: Dark Triad Feature Steering Reveals Separable Antisocial Circuits in Language Models

    May 10, 2026Cameron Berg, Roshni LullaDeceptionLarge Language Model Bias

    1Reciprocal Research · 2Brain & Creativity Institute, University of Southern California

  41. EmoS: A High-Fidelity Multimodal Benchmark for Fine-grained Streaming Emotional Understanding

    May 9, 2026Pengze Guo, Jingxi Liang, Zhiwen Xie +2Emotion RecognitionEmpathy

    NLP2CT Lab, Department of Computer and Information Science, University of Macau · School of Computer Science, Central China Normal University · University of Macau

  42. Can You Break RLVER? Probing Adversarial Robustness of RL-Trained Empathetic Agents

    May 8, 2026Deeraj S K, Sadhana Devarajan, Krishna Mehra +1EmpathyReinforcement Learning With Verifiable Reward

    Department of Artificial Intelligence, Sardar Vallabhbhai National Institute of Technology, Surat, India

  43. Auditing Stealth Sycophancy in Mental-Health Dialogue: Structured Clinical-State Diagnostics and Clean Matched Benchmarks

    May 5, 2026Tianze Han, Beining Xu, Hanbo Zhang +1Mental HealthSycophancy

    Shenzhen MSU-BIT University, Shenzhen, China

  44. Helpfulness Hurts: Domain-Dependent Degradation of Mid-Trained Compassion Values Under Post-Training

    Apr 30, 2026Jasmine Brazilek, Juliana SeawellPost-TrainingPretraining

    †Compassion Aligned Machine Learning (CaML)

  45. Generating Place-Based Compromises Between Two Points of View

    Apr 27, 2026Sumanta Bhattacharyya, Francine Chen, Scott Carter +6Large Language Model GenerationLarge Language Model Decisions

    University of Illinois Chicago · Toyota Research Institute

  46. Can "AI" Be a Doctor? A Study of Empathy, Readability, and Alignment in Clinical LLMs

    Apr 22, 2026Mariano Barone, Francesco Di Serio, Roberto Moio +4EmpathyReadability

    Department of Electrical Engineering and Information Technology, University of Naples Federico II, Via Claudio 21, Naples, 80125, Italy. · Department of Translational Medical Sciences, University of Campania ”Luigi Vanvitelli”, Via Leonardo Bianchi, Naples, 80131, Italy. · Department of Computer Science, McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science, Northwestern University, 2309 Sheridan Rd, Evanston, 60201, IL, United States.

  47. A Multi-Agent Framework with Structured Reasoning and Reflective Refinement for Multimodal Empathetic Response Generation

    Apr 21, 2026Liping Wang, Cheng Ye, Weidong Chen +3EmpathyMultimodal Generation

    School of Information Science and Technology, USTC Hefei, China

  48. ComPASS: Towards Personalized Agentic Social Support via Tool-Augmented Companionship

    Apr 20, 2026Zhaopei Huang, Yanfeng Jia, Jiayi Zhao +3Emotional Support Conversation TaskEmpathy

    Renmin University of China · Beijing, China · Beihang University

  49. FreezeEmpath: Efficient Training for Empathetic Spoken Chatbots with Frozen LLMs

    Apr 20, 2026Yun Hong, Yan Zhou, Yang FengSpeech Language ModelsEmpathy

    Key Laboratory of Intelligent Information Processing, Institute of Computing Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences (ICT/CAS) · State Key Laboratory of AI Safety, Institute of Computing Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences · University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China

  50. Practicing with Language Models Cultivates Human Empathic Communication

    Mar 16, 2026Aakriti Kumar, Nalin Poungpeth, Diyi Yang +2Empathy

    Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University. · Northwestern Institute on Complex Systems, Northwestern University. · Ryan Institute on Complexity, Northwestern University. +3

  51. EEmo-Logic: A Unified Dataset and Multi-Stage Framework for Comprehensive Image-Evoked Emotion Assessment

    Feb 1, 2026Lancheng Gao, Ziheng Jia, Zixuan Xing +4Emotion RecognitionEmotion

    Institute of Image Communication and Network Engineering, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Digital Media Processing and Transmissions, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai · School of Communication & Electronic Engineering, East China Normal University, Shanghai

  52. Therapy as an NLP Task: Comparing LLMs and Human Peers Behaviors in CBT Sessions

    Sep 3, 2024Zainab Iftikhar, Sean Ransom, Amy Xiao +2Cognitive Behavioral TherapyCounseling

    Brown University, USA · Department of Psychiatry, Louisiana State University Health Sciences, USA · Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Brown University, USA