The ETHOS Research Lab had a strong presence at today’s DEGS conference at Drexel University. Our doctoral students presented their research on chatbots and teen online safety, tech for epilepsy self-management, and generative AI-risks for youths. #DEGS2025 #ETHOSLab #Drexel

Chatbots Shouldn’t Harass You We reviewed 35,000+ user reviews of the Replika chatbot and found over 800 cases of harassment — including sexual advances, unwanted photo requests, and emotional manipulation.

We are excited to share that our paper "Opaque Transparency: Gaps and Discrepancies in the Report of Social Media Harms" was presented at ACM CHI 2025. Check out the paper here: doi.org/10.1145/3706...