Myra Cheng

Anthropomorphism, or the attribution of human traits to technology, is an automatic and unconscious response that occurs even in those with advanced technical expertise. In this position paper, we analyze hundreds of thousands of research articles to present empirical evidence of the prevalence a...

Recent evaluations show that large language models (LLMs) frequently fail to challenge users’ harmful beliefs in domains ranging from medical advice to social reasoning. We present a unifying analysis through the lens of pragmatics: these safety failures can be understood and addressed as LLMs ex...

Although language model–based chat systems are increasingly used in daily life, most Americans remain non-adopters of chat-based LLMs — as of June 2025, 66% had never used ChatGPT. At the same time, LLM development and evaluation rely mainly on data from adopters (e.g., logs, preference data), fo...