HCIstudio Organized “The AI Accomplice” Workshop at CHI 2026

At CHI 2026 in Barcelona, members of HCIstudio organized the workshop “The AI Accomplice: Exploring Generative Artificial Intelligence in Facilitating and Amplifying Deceptive Designs”.

The workshop focused on the risks of generative AI systems reproducing or amplifying deceptive design patterns through AI-generated interfaces, content, and interactions. Bringing together researchers from HCI, AI, interaction design, and related fields, the workshop explored how generative AI models can unintentionally introduce manipulative patterns into digital experiences and how researchers and designers can develop strategies to detect and prevent them.

The program combined paper presentations, discussions, and interactive group work. Participants explored deceptive design concepts across different media types, including text, images, audio, and video, and collaboratively developed ideas for countermeasures, transparency mechanisms, and user-centered safeguards.

The workshop included contributions on topics such as:

• deceptive interaction patterns in AI-generated interfaces
• conversational AI and manipulation
• AI-supported detection of deceptive patterns
• the role of generative AI in reproducing harmful design practices.

The workshop was organized by Thomas Kosch, Veronika Krauß, Christopher Katins, Dominik Schön, Mark McGill, and Jan Gugenheimer.

More information about the workshop and program can be found on the workshop website: https://ai-accomplice.hcistudio.org

The workshop publication is available through the ACM Digital Library: https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3772363.3778770