# LLMPopcorn: Exploring LLMs as Assistants for Popular Micro-video Generation

arXiv: https://arxiv.org/abs/2502.12945 · HTML: https://mlsanity.com/paper/2502.12945/

## Key facts

- Cited by 2 papers in the map (data through 14 Oct 2026).
- Builds on 21 of its 31 references that are in the map.
- First posted on arXiv 18 Feb 2025.

## Builds on (most cited first, 21 of 21)

- [LLaMA: Open and Efficient Foundation Language Models](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2302.13971/) (2023)
- [Chain-of-Thought Prompting Elicits Reasoning in Large Language Models](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2201.11903/) (2022)
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- [DeepSeek-R1: Incentivizing Reasoning Capability in LLMs via Reinforcement Learning](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2501.12948/) (2025)
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- [HunyuanVideo: A Systematic Framework For Large Video Generative Models](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2412.03603/) (2024)
- [LTX-Video: Realtime Video Latent Diffusion](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2501.00103/) (2024)
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- [A Content-Driven Micro-Video Recommendation Dataset at Scale](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2309.15379/) (2023)
- [A Survey on Generative AI and LLM for Video Generation, Understanding, and Streaming](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2404.16038/) (2024)
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- [IISAN: Efficiently Adapting Multimodal Representation for Sequential Recommendation with Decoupled PEFT](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2404.02059/) (2024)
- [Bayesian Calibration of Win Rate Estimation with LLM Evaluators](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2411.04424/) (2024)
- [Efficient and Effective Adaptation of Multimodal Foundation Models in Sequential Recommendation](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2411.02992/) (2024)

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- [Benchmarking Multimodal Large Language Models for Missing Modality Completion in Product Catalogues](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2601.19750/) (2026)
- [Aligning Human Sense: Calibrated Distributional Reward Learning for Video Generation](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2608.21425/) (2026)

## Abstract (arXiv)

In an era where micro-videos dominate platforms like TikTok and YouTube, AI-generated content is nearing cinematic quality. The next frontier is using large language models (LLMs) to autonomously create viral micro-videos, a largely untapped potential that could shape the future of AI-driven content creation. To address this gap, this paper presents the first exploration of LLM-assisted popular micro-video generation (LLMPopcorn). We selected popcorn as the icon for this paper because it symbolizes leisure and entertainment, aligning with this study on leveraging LLMs as assistants for generating popular micro-videos that are often consumed during leisure time. Specifically, we empirically study the following research questions: (i) How can LLMs be effectively utilized to assist popular micro-video generation? (ii) To what extent can prompt-based enhancements optimize the LLM-generated content for higher popularity? (iii) How well do various LLMs and video generators perform in the popular micro-video generation task? Exploring these questions, we show that advanced LLMs like DeepSeek-V3 can generate micro-videos with popularity rivaling human content. Prompt enhancement further boosts results, while benchmarking highlights DeepSeek-V3 and R1 for LLMs, and LTX-Video and HunyuanVideo for video generation. This work advances AI-assisted micro-video creation and opens new research directions. The code is publicly available at https://github.com/GAIR-Lab/LLMPopcorn.