Health-focused apps with chatbots (“healthbots”) have a critical role in addressing gaps in
quality healthcare. There is limited evidence on how such healthbots are developed and …

Background Health care and well-being are 2 main interconnected application areas of
conversational agents (CAs). There is a significant increase in research, development, and …

Millions of people experience mental health issues each year, increasing the necessity for
health-related services. One emerging technology with the potential to help address the …

Chatbot-based symptom checker (CSC) apps have become increasingly popular in
healthcare. These apps engage users in human-like conversations and offer possible …

Perceptions of system competence and communicative ability, termed partner models, play
a significant role in speech interface interaction. Yet we do not know what the core …

This paper focuses on the opportunities and the ethical and societal risks posed by
advanced AI assistants. We define advanced AI assistants as artificial agents with natural …

AI-powered technologies are increasingly being leveraged in health and care practices for
aging populations. However, we lack research about older adults perceptions of AI-driven …

Health coaching can be an effective intervention to support self-management of chronic
conditions like diabetes, but there are not enough coaching practitioners to reach the …

Conversational User Interfaces (CUI) are becoming increasingly utilized in Health
applications due to their ability to engage patients and support clinical workflows. Yet recent …

The growing commercial success of smart speaker devices following recent advancements
in speech recognition technology has surfaced new opportunities for collecting self-reported …