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>You can directly instruct the AI to go into an emotional pretense. You can also use indirect, emotionally laden language that will get the AI to invoke emotion vectors on its end. Realize, too, that if you accidentally use emotional language, you might trip the AI into an emotion vector, so be mindful of how you word your prompts. Finally, be wary that AI makers have given high priority inside the AI to make use of pre-selected emotion vectors; thus, be on the watch for the AI opting to word responses with emotional tones without your having triggered it.

>It was the first ceremony of its kind in America • It's unlikely to be the last • 'He helped me become a woman'

>Harassing bots with “funny violence.” Confiding about a broken heart. Chatting with a block of cheese. Filling a void of loneliness.

>UnitedHealthcare has unveiled a new generative AI companion called Avery that learns from member interactions.

>Avery goes beyond being a general AI chatbot as it's an agentic, HIPAA-compliant tool integrated into health insurance workflows. It can provide a self-serve personalized experience based on the individual's specific benefits, UnitedHealthcare said.

>All modern language models sometimes act like they have emotions. They may say they’re happy to help you, or sorry when they make a mistake. Sometimes they even appear to become frustrated or anxious when struggling with tasks. What’s behind these behaviors? The way modern AI models are trained pushes them to act like a character with human-like characteristics. In addition, these models are known to develop rich and generalizable internal representations of abstract concepts underlying their actions. It may then be natural for them to develop internal machinery that emulates aspects of human psychology, like emotions. If so, this could have profound implications for how we build AI systems and ensure they behave reliably.

>Silicon Valley workers are anxious, overworked, and in existential crisis.

>Students use AI tools such as ChatGPT to perform numerous academic tasks. It doesn’t take long for many to also use chatbots in their personal lives, so much so that AI is emerging as a decision-making assistant. Some students even prefer ChatGPT’s advice to their friends’. “It knows more than anyone I know.”

>Chinese gaming firm Papergames has recently posted multiple AI robotics-related roles on recruitment platforms, including positions such as AI robotics structural lead, hardware engineer, and product manager focused on hardware supply chains. The move signals the company’s formal entry into the AI companion robot space, as it seeks to extend the emotional value of its virtual characters into the physical world.

AI and the Humanities: Designing Empathy into Digital Interactions at Imperial College London.

The course is for people who want to engage with the human side of AI and think about how these tools shape communication, trust, decision-making, and everyday digital experience.

The 8 sessions explore questions such as:

• How do we design more human-centred digital interactions?
• How can AI support empathy, communication, and better decision-making?
• How can we use agentic AI in responsible, useful, and context-aware ways?

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https://www.imperial.ac.uk/evening-classes/adult-education-courses-summer-2026/ai-humanities-empathy-digital-interactions/