From Machine Learning-Based to LLM-Enhanced: An Application-Focused Analysis of How Social IoT Benefits from LLMs

Recent advancements in large language models (LLMs) have added a transformative dimension to the social Internet of Things (SIoT), which is the combination of social networks and IoT. With LLMs’ natural language understanding and data synthesis capabilities, LLMs are regarded as strong tools to enha...

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Main Authors: Lijie Yang, Runbo Su
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Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2025-04-01
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2624-831X/6/2/26
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description Recent advancements in large language models (LLMs) have added a transformative dimension to the social Internet of Things (SIoT), which is the combination of social networks and IoT. With LLMs’ natural language understanding and data synthesis capabilities, LLMs are regarded as strong tools to enhance SIoT applications such as recommendation, search, and data management. This application-focused review synthesizes the latest related research by identifying both the synergies and the current research gaps at the intersection of LLMs and SIoT, as well as the evolutionary road from machine learning-based solutions to LLM-enhanced ones.
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spelling doaj-art-66ef884e4355473a917da04eaf95cb6a2025-08-20T02:21:07ZengMDPI AGIoT2624-831X2025-04-01622610.3390/iot6020026From Machine Learning-Based to LLM-Enhanced: An Application-Focused Analysis of How Social IoT Benefits from LLMsLijie Yang0Runbo Su1School of Computer Science, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USAInria, Loria, CNRS, University of Lorraine, F-54000 Nancy, FranceRecent advancements in large language models (LLMs) have added a transformative dimension to the social Internet of Things (SIoT), which is the combination of social networks and IoT. With LLMs’ natural language understanding and data synthesis capabilities, LLMs are regarded as strong tools to enhance SIoT applications such as recommendation, search, and data management. This application-focused review synthesizes the latest related research by identifying both the synergies and the current research gaps at the intersection of LLMs and SIoT, as well as the evolutionary road from machine learning-based solutions to LLM-enhanced ones.https://www.mdpi.com/2624-831X/6/2/26social IoTlarge language modelapplicationrecommendationsearchdata management
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From Machine Learning-Based to LLM-Enhanced: An Application-Focused Analysis of How Social IoT Benefits from LLMs
IoT
social IoT
large language model
application
recommendation
search
data management
title From Machine Learning-Based to LLM-Enhanced: An Application-Focused Analysis of How Social IoT Benefits from LLMs
title_full From Machine Learning-Based to LLM-Enhanced: An Application-Focused Analysis of How Social IoT Benefits from LLMs
title_fullStr From Machine Learning-Based to LLM-Enhanced: An Application-Focused Analysis of How Social IoT Benefits from LLMs
title_full_unstemmed From Machine Learning-Based to LLM-Enhanced: An Application-Focused Analysis of How Social IoT Benefits from LLMs
title_short From Machine Learning-Based to LLM-Enhanced: An Application-Focused Analysis of How Social IoT Benefits from LLMs
title_sort from machine learning based to llm enhanced an application focused analysis of how social iot benefits from llms
topic social IoT
large language model
application
recommendation
search
data management
url https://www.mdpi.com/2624-831X/6/2/26
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