Who's Sorry Now: User Preferences Among Rote, Empathic, and Explanatory Apologies from LLM Chatbots

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Main Authors:	Ashktorab, Zahra, Buccella, Alessandra, D'Cruz, Jason, Fowler, Zoe, Gill, Andrew, Leung, Kei Yan, Magnus, P. D., Richards, John, Varshney, Kush R.
Format:	Preprint
Published:	2025
Subjects:	Human-Computer Interaction
Online Access:	Acceder al recurso
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