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Sandbox Innovation

Hyped but Invisible: Good UX and Good Gender Practices In and Out of the Conversational AI Sandbox

Elizabeth RodwellInformation Science Technology, University of Houston, Houston, TX, USACorrespondence[email protected]
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Pages 46-53 | Published online: 12 Feb 2024

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