IceBreaker for Conversational Agents: Breaking the First-Message Barrier with Personalized Starters

arXiv:2604.18375v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: Conversational agents, such as ChatGPT and Doubao, have become essential daily assistants for billions of users. To further enhance engagement, these systems are evolving from passive responders to proactive companions. However, existing efforts focus on activation within ongoing dialogues, while overlooking a key real-world bottleneck. In the conversation initiation stage, users may have a vague need but no explicit query intent, creating a firs