3 papers
cs.AI2026
When and How Human Curation Backfires: Preference Alignment under Multi-Model Self-Consuming Loop
Yang Zhang, Xiukun Wei, Xueru Zhang
Foundation models are increasingly trained on synthetic data generated by prior model iterations rather than exclusively on real data. This self-consuming training paradigm can lea…
cs.GT2026
Market Games for Generative Models: Equilibria, Welfare, and Strategic Entry
Xiukun Wei, Min Shi, Xueru Zhang
Generative model ecosystems increasingly operate as competitive multi-platform markets, where platforms strategically select models from a shared pool and users with heterogeneous…
cs.LG2025
Self-Consuming Generative Models with Adversarially Curated Data
Xiukun Wei, Xueru Zhang
Recent advances in generative models have made it increasingly difficult to distinguish real data from model-generated synthetic data. Using synthetic data for successive training…