A Mind in Intelligent Personal Assistants: An Empirical Study of Mind-Based Anthropomorphism, Fulfilled Motivations, and Exploratory Usage of Intelligent Personal Assistants [PDF]
Frontiers in Psychology, 2022 Intelligent personal assistants (IPAs) own anthropomorphic features which enable users’ perception of anthropomorphism. Adopting the perspective of mind-based anthropomorphism, the purpose of this paper is to investigate how mind-based anthropomorphism ...
Cuicui Cao, Yingying Hu, Haoxuan Xu
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Development and Feasibility of a Family-Based Health Behavior Intervention Using Intelligent Personal Assistants: Randomized Controlled Trial [PDF]
JMIR Formative Research, 2021 BackgroundIntelligent personal assistants such as Amazon Echo and Google Home have become increasingly integrated into the home setting and, therefore, may facilitate behavior change via novel interactions or as an adjunct to conventional interventions ...
Carlin, Angela +4 more
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FROST: Fallback Voice Apps Recommendation for Unhandled Voice Commands in Intelligent Personal Assistants [PDF]
Frontiers in Big Data, 2022 Intelligent personal assistants (IPAs) such as Amazon Alexa, Google Assistant and Apple Siri extend their built-in capabilities by supporting voice apps developed by third-party developers.
Qian Hu +7 more
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Voice-Controlled Intelligent Personal Assistants in Health Care: International Delphi Study
Journal of Medical Internet Research, 2021 BackgroundVoice-controlled intelligent personal assistants (VIPAs), such as Amazon Echo and Google Home, involve artificial intelligence–powered algorithms designed to simulate humans. Their hands-free interface and growing capabilities have a wide range
Ermolina, Alena, Tiberius, Victor
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The Answer Bot Effect (ABE): A powerful new form of influence made possible by intelligent personal assistants and search engines. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2022 We introduce and quantify a relatively new form of influence: the Answer Bot Effect (ABE). In a 2015 report in PNAS, researchers demonstrated the power that biased search results have to shift opinions and voting preferences without people's knowledge-by
Robert Epstein +3 more
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Overview of the Intelligent Personal Assistants
Український журнал з бібліотекознавства та інформаційних наук, 2019 The article provides an overview of intelligent personal assistants (IPA) (also known as conversational agents, smart speakers, digital / intelligent personal assistants, or voicecontrolled agents).
Irene Lopatovska
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Enhancing self-regulation and learner engagement in L2 speaking: exploring the potential of intelligent personal assistants within a learning-oriented feedback framework [PDF]
BMC PsychologyIntroduction Developing L2 speaking proficiency can be challenging for learners, particularly when it comes to fostering self-regulation and maintaining engagement. Intelligent Personal Assistants (IPAs) offer a potential solution by providing accessible,
Meifang Zhang
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A case study of using Alexa for out-of-class, self-directed Japanese language learning
Computers and Education: Artificial Intelligence, 2022 Intelligent personal assistants, otherwise known as virtual assistants, are artificial intelligence-powered conversational agents that utilize machine learning to understand and appropriately respond to user requests.
Gilbert Dizon +2 more
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Frontiers in Psychology, 2022 Virtual Assistants, also known as conversational artificial intelligence, are transforming the reality around us. These virtual assistants have challenged our daily lives by assisting us in the different dimensions of our lives, such as health ...
María García de Blanes Sebastián +2 more
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IEEE Access, 2023 Speech-based intelligent personal assistants (sIPAs) promise to improve quality of life in older adults, but they pose various usability barriers that limit their adoption by older adults.
Muhammad Usama Islam +1 more
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