2 papers
cs.SE2026
Beyond Visibility and Technical Reuse: Public Application Transformation in Open-Source Model Ecosystems
Duorong Wang, Xiaoting Wei, Bin Liu +1
Open-source model platforms have made it easier to publish AI models, but model release alone does not reveal whether models become visible, technically reused, or incorporated int…
cs.SI2026
Racing to Release: Priority, Congestion, and Community Recognition in Open-Source LLM Ecosystems
Bin Liu, Lele Kang, Jiannan Yang
Open-source large language models have made platforms such as Hugging Face central hubs for decentralized AI innovation. Yet these ecosystems are shaped not only by collaboration,…