Weixiang Zhao

Long-term memory enables large language model (LLM) agents to support personalized and sustained interactions.However, most work on personalized agents prioritizes utility and user experience, treating memory as a neutral component and largely overlooking its safety implications.In this paper, we...

Emotional Support Conversation requires not only affective expression but also grounded instrumental support to provide trustworthy guidance. However, existing ESC systems and benchmarks largely focus on affective support in text-only settings, overlooking how external tools can enable factual gr...

Memory-augmented language agents are increasingly deployed in affective applications such as emotional support, where understanding and responding to users’ latent emotional needs is critical. However, existing research often treats memory as a tool for factual retrieval, overlooking its role in...

Experience-driven self-evolution has emerged as a promising paradigm for improving the autonomy of large language model agents, yet its reliance on self-curated experience introduces underexplored safety risks. In this study, we investigate how experience accumulation and utilization in self-evol...