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ACII-DaiKon workshop launches benchmark for dyadic conversation affect and social dynamics

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A new benchmark, ACII-DaiKon, has been introduced to evaluate models on interpersonal dynamics within dyadic conversations. This benchmark focuses on directional influence, turn-taking, and rapport development, moving beyond speaker-centric approaches. It utilizes the Hume-DaiKon dataset, comprising over 700 hours of audiovisual data across five languages, to support multimodal and temporal reasoning. AI

IMPACT Establishes a new evaluation standard for conversational AI, pushing research towards more nuanced understanding of interpersonal dynamics.

RANK_REASON This is a research paper introducing a new benchmark and dataset for conversational AI.

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ACII-DaiKon workshop launches benchmark for dyadic conversation affect and social dynamics

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    The 2026 ACII Dyadic Conversations (DaiKon) Workshop & Challenge

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  2. arXiv cs.CL TIER_1 English(EN) · Jens Madsen ·

    The 2026 ACII Dyadic Conversations (DaiKon) Workshop & Challenge

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