Conversational agents are increasingly embedded in human collaborative work, yet they remain fundamentally passive and reactive: they respond to explicit user requests rather than proactively recognizing moments when a team would benefit from timely intervention as human collaborators often do. This reactive design substantially limits the use of agents as active participants in multi-user collaboration, where disagreements, ambiguous goals, forgotten constraints, underspecified plans, discussion loops, and imbalanced participation can gradually undermine group progress.
arXiv:2607. 04329v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Large language models increasingly operate in settings where humans are active collaborators rather than passive task providers.
By Yaozu Wu, Wei-Chieh Huang, Jizhou Guo, Dongyuan Li, Renhe Jiang, Henry Peng Zou, Chunyu Miao, Shanghao Li, Weizhi Zhang, WeiWei Ye, Yankai Chen, Meng Zhang, Xue Liu, Philip S. Yu
arXiv:2607. 02975v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Effective agency in social environments depends on when an agent seeks knowledge, when it acts, and whether its actions are justified by acquired information.
By Dan C. Hsu, Luke Lu
arXiv:2606. 09848v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: As generative and agentic AI becomes embedded in everyday products, practitioners face a persistent challenge: how to design human-AI coordination -- the ongoing mutual adjustment between users and AI systems as mediate through interfaces-that supports usability, trust, and safety.
By James Pierce, Vaiva Kalnikait\.e, Siddharth Gupta, Brian Granger
arXiv:2606. 05793v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: While LLM-based agents excel at individual tasks, effective collaboration with realistic human partners remains challenging.
By Hong Qian, Yuanhao Liu, Zihan Zhou, Zongbao Zhang, Hanjie Ge, Haotian Shi, Liang Dou, Xiangfeng Wang, Jingwen Yang, Aimin Zhou
arXiv:2509. 00559v3 Announce Type: replace Abstract: Humans intuitively navigate social interactions by simulating unspoken dynamics and reasoning about others' perspectives, even with limited information.
By Xuhui Zhou, Jiarui Liu, Akhila Yerukola, Hyunwoo Kim, Maarten Sap
arXiv:2606. 29495v2 Announce Type: replace Abstract: As LLM-based conversational agents advance toward increasingly open-ended and interaction-intensive scenarios, task completion alone provides an incomplete assessment of their effectiveness.
By Minghui Ma, Bin Guo, Hao Wang, Han Wang, Mengqi Chen, Jingqi Liu, Yan Liu
arXiv:2607. 12180v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: An AI teammate's design properties (personality, communication style, when it speaks) can shape a team's trust, coordination, and decisions.
By Mohammad Amin Samadi, Pedro Martins De Bastos, Jaeyoon Choi, Spencer JaQuay, Seehee Park, Nia Nixon
arXiv:2606. 09833v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: AI agents are reshaping the workspace, leading to drastic change of how humans work.
By Yijia Shao, Zora Zhiruo Wang, Neel Ahuja, Yicheng Wang, Bowen Liu, Diyi Yang
arXiv:2511. 02200v2 Announce Type: replace Abstract: The emergence of multi-agent systems powered by large language models (LLMs) has unlocked new frontiers in complex task-solving, enabling diverse agents to integrate unique expertise, collaborate flexibly, and address challenges unattainable for individual models.
By Jingbo Wang, Sendong Zhao, Haochun Wang, Yuzheng Fan, Ting Liu
arXiv:2608. 07494v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: AI tools like ChatGPT and DeepSeek, powered by Large Language Models (LLMs), allow users to obtain instant and effective content responses simply by typing requests, such as ``plan a three-day Vienna trip'', ``solve the attached mathematical problem'', ``draft an email to inquire review progress'', etc.
By Yiqun Zhang, Yunfan Zhang, Mingjie Zhao, Sen Feng, Yiu-ming Cheung
arXiv:2606. 14502v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Large Language Models (LLMs) are undergoing a fundamental transformation from conversational generators into integrated AI systems capable of reasoning, action, memory, and self-improvement.
By Yongheng Zhang, Ziang Liu, Jiaxuan Zhu, Shuai Wang, Xiangqi Chen, Haojing Huang, Jiayi Kuang, Siyu Chen, Ao Shen, Hao Wu, Qiufeng Wang, Qian-Wen Zhang, Junnan Dong, Wenhao Jiang, Ying Shen, Hai-Tao Zheng, Yinghui Li, Di Yin, Xing Sun, Philip S. Yu