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Publication Goals as First-Class Abstractions in Human-AI Collaboration Lev Tankelevitch, Sean Rintel CHI2026 – AutomationXP26 Workshop | April 2026 Project Project Project
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Publication Evaluating AI-Generated Images of Cultural Artifacts with Community-Informed Rubrics Nari Johnson, Deepthi Sudharsan, Hamna, Samantha Dalal, Theo Holroyd, Anja Thieme, Hoda Heidari, Daniela Massiceti, Jennifer Wortman Vaughan, Cecily Morrison April 2026 Project
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