Automated dialogue or conversational systems are anthropomorphised by developers and
personified by users. While a degree of anthropomorphism may be inevitable due to the …

Research has shown that gendered robot designs prompt users to carry their gender biases
into human-robot interactions. Yet avoiding gendered designs in human-robot interaction …

Voice Assistants (VAs) can assist users in various everyday tasks, but many users are
reluctant to rely on VAs for intricate tasks like online shopping. This study aims to examine …

When deploying robots, its physical characteristics, role, and tasks are often fixed. Such
factors can also be associated with gender stereotypes among humans, which then transfer …

Liars and truth-tellers often communicate differently. When tasked with writing deceptive text,
humans use prior knowledge and experiences to intentionally deceive their target …

A growing body of work draws on feminist thinking to challenge assumptions about how
people engage with and use visualizations. This work draws on feminist values, driving …

Abstract Purpose of Review The present overview addresses the importance of voice in
human-technology interactions within the sexual realm. It introduces empirical evidence …

People often form immediate expectations about other people, or groups of people, based
on visual appearance and characteristics of their voice and speech. These stereotypes …

Recent years have witnessed a dramatic growing trend of Virtual YouTubers (VTubers) as a
new business on social media, such as YouTube, Twitch, and TikTok. However, a significant …

Generative audio models are rapidly advancing in both capabilities and public utilization--
several powerful generative audio models have readily available open weights, and some …