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Reproducing Transparent and Scrutable Recommendations: Exploring Open-Weight Models via Natural-Language User Profiles

arXiv · Artificial Intelligence · article · Sep 17, 2026 · UTC

In this reproducibility study, we investigate the transparency and scrutability of recommender systems enhanced by incorporating generated natural-language user profiles that represent user preferences. The original paper explores the synthesis of user profiles from raw user-generated review text across domains such as movies and accommodations (Amazon Movies & TV, TripAdvisor). Crucially, these natural-language user profiles enable direct user interaction and intervention, allowing users to customize recommendations by correcting misattributed preferences or addressing cold-start settings. We

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