Understanding How International Students in the U.S. Are Using Conversational AI to Support Cross-Cultural Adaptation

ArXi:2605.15127v1 Announce Type: cross Moving to a new culture and adapting to a new life, as an international student, can be a stressful experience. In the US, international students face unique overlapping challenges, yet the current ecosystem, including university systems and informal social networks, remains largely fragmented. While conversational AI has emerged as a tool used by many (e.g., generative AI chatbots like ChatGPT and Google Gemini), we do not have a clear understanding of how international students adopt and perceive these technologies as tools.