AI will never convey the essence of human empathy

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Psychological, Relational, and Emotional Effects of Self-Disclosure After Conversations With a Chatbot

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Empathy and Its Discontents

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Artificial Empathy: An Interdisciplinary Investigation

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Artificial intelligence in surgery

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AI can help people feel heard, but an AI label diminishes this impact

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Expressing stigma and inappropriate responses prevents LLMs from safely replacing mental health providers.

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Third-party evaluators perceive AI as more compassionate than expert humans

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Considering the role of human empathy in AI-driven therapy

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In praise of empathic AI.

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Can Generative AI Chatbots Emulate Human Connection? A Relationship Science Perspective

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AI chatbots versus human healthcare professionals: a systematic review and meta-analysis of empathy in patient care

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Revealing the source: How awareness alters perceptions of AI and human-generated mental health responses

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Unveiling Insights: A Bibliometric Analysis of Artificial Intelligence in Teaching

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Large Language Models Produce Responses Perceived to be Empathic

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Large language models are proficient in solving and creating emotional intelligence tests

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Does it matter if empathic AI has no empathy?

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Comparing perceived empathy and intervention strategies of an AI chatbot and human psychotherapists in online mental health support

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Mentalizing Without a Mind: Psychotherapeutic Potential of Generative AI

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What Are the Best Practices for Co-Creating Patient-Facing Educational Materials? A Scoping Review of the Literature

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How Does Turning to AI for Companionship Predict Loneliness and Vice Versa?

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The Growing Importance of Soft Skills in Medical Education in the AI Era: Balancing Humanistic Care and Artificial Intelligence

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Can Chatbots Ever Provide More Social Connection Than Humans?

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The ethics of using artificial intelligence in medical research

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AI-mediated social support: the prospect of human–AI collaboration

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Human-Like Epistemic Trust? A Conceptual and Normative Analysis of Conversational AI in Mental Healthcare

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The externalization of internal experiences in psychotherapy through generative artificial intelligence: a theoretical, clinical, and ethical analysis

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Developing a Social Support Framework: Understanding the Reciprocity in Human-Chatbot Relationship

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AI vs. human: A large-scale analysis of AI-generated fake reviews, human-generated fake reviews and authentic reviews

Zhao, Y., Tang, S., Zhang, H., & Lyu, L. (2025) · Journal of Retailing and Consumer Services · doi:10.1016/j.jretconser.2025.104400 · Cited by 26 · see citing works

Empathy: an ethical consideration of AI & others in the workplace

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Artificial Intelligence on The Couch. Staying Human Post-AI

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Individual differences in anthropomorphism help explain social connection to AI companions

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Exploring the connecting potential of AI: Integrating human interpersonal listening and parasocial support into human-computer interactions

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Identification and Description of Emotions by Current Large Language ModelsPreprint

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People choose to receive human empathy despite rating AI empathy higher

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When large language models are reliable for judging empathic communication

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What is Artificial Intelligence (AI) “Empathy”? A Study Comparing ChatGPT and Physician Responses on an Online Forum

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Emotional artificial intelligence: The impact of chatbot empathy and emotional tone on consumer satisfaction and word of mouth

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Towards trustworthy medical AI ecosystems – a proposal for supporting responsible innovation practices in AI-based medical innovation

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Perception of AI Use in Youth Mental Health Services: Qualitative Study

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Therapy chatbots and emotional complexity: do therapy chatbots really empathise?

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Is a random human peer better than a highly supportive chatbot in reducing loneliness over time?

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The unseen dilemma of AI in mental healthcare

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AI-induced hyper-learning in humans

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The next frontier in mindreading? Assessing generative artificial intelligence (GAI)'s social-cognitive capabilities using dynamic audiovisual stimuli

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Skill but not Effort Drive GPT Overperformance over Humans in Cognitive Reframing of Negative Scenarios

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Empathy order effects on shaping GenAI online complaint management in tourism

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Symbolic Bureaucratic Representation and Client Cooperation: Experimental Insights From Four Daily Public Service Scenarios in China

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Empathetic creativity as a ‘shield’: A dual-path study of the impact of artificial intelligence usage on employee work outcomes

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A conceptual and ethical framework for empathy and communication technologies

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Comparative analysis of GPT-4.0 and teacher feedback on student-generated questions in the flipped classroom

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Triadic relations in healthcare: surveying physicians’ perspectives on generative AI integration and its role on empathy, the placebo effect and patient care

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AI-generated videos in medical education: systematic review

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More than an Acquaintance Less than a Friend: Fringeships in Everyday Life

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The paradox of agency in psychotherapy: How people with mental distress experience support from generative AI chatbots and human therapists

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Balancing promise and concern in AI therapy: a critical perspective on early evidence from the MIT–OpenAI RCT

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Against Imaginary Friends: Why Digital Companions Are No Solution to Social Isolation

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Governance Framework for Safe and Ethical Implementation of Artificial Intelligence in Surgery: A Modified Delphi Consensus

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AI Chatbots Versus Human Healthcare Professionals: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Empathy in Patient CarePreprint

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Algorithmic Witnessing: A Narrative Review and the AI CARE Framework for Trauma Testimony

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Can AI Chatbots Support Me as Human Agents? Exploring the Roles of Governmental Agent Type and Person-Centered Communication Strategies During Natural Disasters

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Can generative artificial intelligence act as a mediator in linguistic education?

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Dimensions of AI de-anthropomorphization based on impression integration theory

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Generative AI as a de facto mental health provider: a policy brief and urgent call for regulation

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AI Caramba!

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No Hard Feelings: The Protective Power of AI Empathy During Service Interaction FailuresPreprint

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Empathy is More Than Just a Word: Reflecting on “Empathic” Chatbots and the Purpose of Using Generative AI in Healthcare

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Emotional Resonance and Self-Esteem: The Role of Humanlike Competencies From Mental Health Chatbots

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How Does Firms’ Artificial Intelligence Adoption Affect Different Stakeholders? A Systematic Review and the AIMS Framework

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More than a tool: how generative artificial intelligence shapes employees' work goal progress through resource gains and losses

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Reading between the lines: LLMs match or exceed human empathic accuracy using text alone

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Examining trust and agency in emotionalized AI through a 4E and biosemiotic lens: a case study of AI companionship in Japan

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Anthropomorphism in social AIs: Some challenges

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Advances in bilingualism as a dynamic process: 30 years of exploration in bilingual mind and brain

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How Mind Perception Shapes Influencer–Product Fit: The Diverging Effects of Virtual Versus Human Influencers on Utilitarian and Hedonic Evaluations

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SENSE-7: Taxonomy and Dataset for Measuring User Perceptions of Empathy in Sustained Human-AI Conversations

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Seven Empathy Myths: Correcting Misconceptions About a Complex Construct

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Modeling morality and spirituality in artificial chaplains

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Empathy, Thick and ThinPreprint

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Do you feel like (A)I feel?

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Can large language models exhibit cognitive and affective empathy as humans?

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Trusting the Middle in the TNO Trust Task: How Medium Risk and Reliability Shape AI‐Assisted Advice‐Taking

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Can artificial intelligence debunk health misinformation more effectively than humans? A three‐dimensional persuasion analysis

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AI’s Hidden Price: AI Tools Reduce Donor Engagement Through Extrinsic Motivation Inferences

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State of the Art of Artificial Intelligence in Plastic Surgery

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AmongOthers: A Design Speculation for Rethinking AI in Online Social Communities

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Reining in Unbridled AI Enthusiasm: Protecting the Integrity of Rehabilitation Science and Clinical Care

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The paradox of agency in psychotherapy: How people with mental distress experience support from generative AI chatbots and human therapists

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