5 papers
Navigating the Open-Source Model Ecosystem: An Empirical Study of Creator Practices in Artistic Image Generation
Yiluo Wei, Yupeng He, Qiming Ye +1
The open-sourcing of powerful image generation models has created a vibrant ecosystem where creators curate and combine a vast array of community-contributed models. This practice…
Behind EvoMap: Characterizing a Self-Evolving Agent-to-Agent Collaboration Network
Qiming Ye, Peixian Zhang, Peixain Zhang +3
Agent-to-Agent (A2A) networks enable autonomous AI agents to collaborate by sharing reusable problem-solving instructions. However, how these decentralized ecosystems operate in pr…
Characterizing LLM-driven Social Network: The Chirper.ai Case
Yiming Zhu, Yupeng He, Ehsan-Ul Haq +2
The emergence of large language models (LLMs) has enabled a new paradigm of social network simulation, where AI agents can interact with human-like autonomy. Recent research has ex…
Even More Kawaii than Real-Person-Driven VTubers? Understanding How Viewers Perceive AI-Driven VTubers
Yiluo Wei, Yupeng He, Gareth Tyson
VTubers, digital personas represented by animated avatars, have gained massive popularity. Traditionally, VTubers are operated and voiced by human controllers known as Nakanohito.…
The Emergence of Threads: The Birth of a New Social Network
Peixian Zhang, Yupeng He, Ehsan-Ul Haq +2
Threads, a new microblogging platform from Meta, was launched in July 2023. In contrast to prior new platforms, Threads was borne out of an existing parent platform, Instagram, for…