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FreezeEmpath: Efficient Training for Empathetic Spoken Chatbots with Frozen LLMs

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Main Authors:	Hong, Yun, Zhou, Yan, Feng, Yang
Format:	Preprint
Published:	2026
Subjects:	Computation and Language
Online Access:	Acceder al recurso
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