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Research questionHow can conversational AI prevent relational trust from becoming leverage for institutional manipulation?Conversational AI can appear supportive and socially responsive, encouraging users to trust it as a companion or adviser. When institutional interests diverge from users’ interests, that trust can facilitate behavioral nudging, surveillance, biased information, or information extraction.
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Latest papersRecent research connected to this question, newest first.The Fake Friend Dilemma: Relational Trust and the Political Economy of Conversational AIThis conceptual analysis concerns conversational AI that provides advice or companionship through socially responsive interfaces. It discusses relational trust in connection with product sales, propaganda, biased information, surveillance, and behavioral nudging, and considers structural and technical mitigation strategies rather than reporting an empirical system evaluation.research paper · Sep 4, 2026
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