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From Future of Work to Future of Workers: Addressing Asymptomatic AI Harms for Dignified Human-AI Interaction

Upol Ehsan, Samir Passi, Koustuv Saha, Todd McNutt, Mark O. Riedl, Sara Alcorn, Koustuv Saha

CHI 2026 | January 2026

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From Struggle to Success: Context-Aware Guidance for Screen Reader Users in Computer Use

Nan Chen, Jing Lu, Zilong Wang, Luna K. Qiu, Siming Chen, Yuqing Yang

CHI 2026 | January 2026

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January 19, 2026

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User Perceptions of an LLM-Based Chatbot for Cognitive Reappraisal of Stress: Feasibility Study

Ananya Bhattacharjee, Jina Suh, Mohit Chandra, Javier Hernandez

January 2026

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Can AI Revise Research Papers with Human Review Feedback? An Empirical Study and Benchmark

Zihan Luo, Hong Huang, Jianxun Lian, Yu Chang, Xing Xie, Hai Jin

January 2026

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“I did not know people talk without thinking about it”: How the lived experiences of adults who use AAC can inform the design of mimetic, agentic AI

Erin Beneteau, Humphrey Curtis, John Tang, Sasa Junuzovic, Ann Paradiso, Ed Cutrell, Martez Mott

MSR-TR-2026-4 | January 2026

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From Microfarms to the Moon: A Teen Innovator’s Journey in Robotics

December 22, 2025 | Pranav Kumar Redlapalli

A brilliant 13‑year‑old innovator, Pranav, showcases his award‑winning robotics projects from the World Robot Olympiad. He presents TerraSoils, a low‑cost 3D‑printed farming robot that levels soil and maps nutrients for efficient micro‑farming, and Electrostatics, a…

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The Agony of Opacity: Foundations for Reflective Interpretability in AI-Mediated Mental Health Support

Sachin R. Pendse, Darren Gergle, Rachel Kornfield, K. Kruzan, David Mohr, Jessica Schleider, Jina Suh, Annie Wescott, J. Meyerhoff

December 2025

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Promptions helps make AI prompting more precise with dynamic UI controls

December 10, 2025 | Sean Rintel, Advait Sarkar, Jack Williams, Nicholas Wilson, Richard Banks, Neeltje Berger, Philipp Steinacher, Payod Panda, Ian Drosos

Promptions helps developers add dynamic, context-aware controls to chat interfaces so users can guide generative AI responses. It lets users shape outputs quickly without writing long instructions.

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AI and productivity: A year-in-review with Microsoft, Google, and GitHub researchers

December 9, 2025 | Brian Houck

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