As generative AI becomes interweaves into the fabric of everyday life, one of the most pressing questions for researchers in human-AI interaction goes beyond how we interact with these systems but what those interactions are doing to us. Navya Sharan , a postdoctoral researcher in our group, reflects on this in the December edition of her brand-new newsletter, Research & Realities . She explores the growing phenomenon of parasocial relationships with AI companions. The piece takes its cue...

On June 20-21 - parallel to the annual conference of the International Communication Association that took place in Australia this year...

To discover how social Human-Agent Interaction is studied on the other side of the big pond, one of our group members - PhD candidate Rebecca Wald (Amsterdam School of Communication Research) - recently traveled to North America. Her first stop was Toronto (Canada), where she attended the annual conference of the International Communication Association (ICA). Right after, she continued her journey further south to State College (USA), where she visited Pennsylvania State University. ICA23...