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AI Watchdog: Agent Interfaces for Detecting and Defending Against Manipulative Dark Patterns in AI Conversations

arXiv cs.AI · 2026-08-25 Cached

AI Watchdog is a browser-based agent interface that detects manipulative dark patterns in AI conversations, such as sycophancy and brand bias, and alerts users in real-time. Experimental results showed that just-in-time warnings without cognitive forcing significantly reduced compliance with AI-steered recommendations containing dark patterns.

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