VizCopilot: Fostering Appropriate Reliance on Enterprise Chatbots with Context Visualization

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Autori principali: Lee, Sam Yu-Te, Chen, Jingya, Calzaretto, Albert, Lee, Richard, Passi, Samir, Ferng, Alice, Vorvoreanu, Mihaela
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Pubblicazione: 2025
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author Lee, Sam Yu-Te
Chen, Jingya
Calzaretto, Albert
Lee, Richard
Passi, Samir
Ferng, Alice
Vorvoreanu, Mihaela
author_facet Lee, Sam Yu-Te
Chen, Jingya
Calzaretto, Albert
Lee, Richard
Passi, Samir
Ferng, Alice
Vorvoreanu, Mihaela
contents Enterprise chatbots show promise in supporting knowledge workers in information synthesis tasks by retrieving context from large, heterogeneous databases before generating answers. However, when the retrieved context misaligns with user intentions, the chatbot often produces "irrelevantly right" responses that provide little value. In this work, we introduce VizCopilot, a prototype that incorporates visualization techniques to actively involve end-users in context alignment. By combining topic modeling with document visualization, VizCopilot enables human oversight and modification of retrieved context while keeping cognitive overhead manageable. We used VizCopilot as a design probe in a Research-through-Design study to evaluate the role of visualization in context alignment and to surface future design opportunities. Our findings show that visualization not only helps users detect and correct misaligned context but also encourages them to adapt their prompting strategies, enabling the system to retrieve more relevant context from the outset. At the same time, the study reveals limitations in verification support regarding close-reading and trust in AI summaries. We outline future directions for visualization-enhanced chatbots, focusing on personalization, proactivity, and sustainable human-AI collaboration.
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spellingShingle VizCopilot: Fostering Appropriate Reliance on Enterprise Chatbots with Context Visualization
Lee, Sam Yu-Te
Chen, Jingya
Calzaretto, Albert
Lee, Richard
Passi, Samir
Ferng, Alice
Vorvoreanu, Mihaela
Human-Computer Interaction
Enterprise chatbots show promise in supporting knowledge workers in information synthesis tasks by retrieving context from large, heterogeneous databases before generating answers. However, when the retrieved context misaligns with user intentions, the chatbot often produces "irrelevantly right" responses that provide little value. In this work, we introduce VizCopilot, a prototype that incorporates visualization techniques to actively involve end-users in context alignment. By combining topic modeling with document visualization, VizCopilot enables human oversight and modification of retrieved context while keeping cognitive overhead manageable. We used VizCopilot as a design probe in a Research-through-Design study to evaluate the role of visualization in context alignment and to surface future design opportunities. Our findings show that visualization not only helps users detect and correct misaligned context but also encourages them to adapt their prompting strategies, enabling the system to retrieve more relevant context from the outset. At the same time, the study reveals limitations in verification support regarding close-reading and trust in AI summaries. We outline future directions for visualization-enhanced chatbots, focusing on personalization, proactivity, and sustainable human-AI collaboration.
title VizCopilot: Fostering Appropriate Reliance on Enterprise Chatbots with Context Visualization
topic Human-Computer Interaction
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2510.11954