AI can interact with people clearly, helpfully, and with social awareness

Can it understand another person's point of view?

Understands other viewpoints

Is it clear, helpful, and appropriate in how it responds?

Responds clearly and helpfully

Tau-2 Bench Telecom evaluates practical assistant performance in a user-facing workflow. It offers useful, if still benchmarked, evidence on interaction quality.

Can it respond appropriately when emotions or tension are involved?

Handles emotional situations appropriately

EQ-Bench 3 directly probes emotional and affect-sensitive response quality. That makes it a reasonable evidence source for this question.