The challenge aims to promote systematic, real-world evaluation of next-generation dialogue systems and advance the field toward truly human-like interaction.
Recent breakthroughs in large foundation models and speech technology have propelled spoken dialogue systems toward more natural and expressive interactions. However, evaluating the true “human-likeness” of these systems remains an open challenge, as existing benchmarks often fall short in capturing emotional intelligence and real-time conversational dynamics. The 2026 HumDial Challenge (Human-like Spoken Dialogue Systems Challenge) addresses this critical gap by introducing two focused tracks: Emotional Intelligence and Full-Duplex Interaction. Participants will tackle rich, multi-turn dialogues that demand nuanced emotional reasoning, dynamic empathy, and real-time coordination. With comprehensive evaluation frameworks and human-annotated real-recording datasets, the challenge aims to establish a new standard for assessing human-like dialogue capabilities, driving the next generation of emotionally aware, fluidly interactive AI agents.
AISHELL, Hui Bu, Eng Siong Chng, Xuelong Geng, GuoJian Li, Guangzhi Sun, Shuai Wang, Shuiyuan Wang, Xinsheng Wang, Lei Xie, Longshuai Xiao, Xin Xu, Hongfei Xue, Chao Zhang, Zihan Zhang, Zhixian Zhao(Sorted by surname in alphabetical order)