Geometry-aware alignment keeps diffusion models near natural image structure

APO uses a reference model’s local geometry to constrain risky diffusion updates while permitting safer semantic changes.

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Lei Wang · Zhen Wang · Yuexiang Xie · Yaliang Li

Sun Yat-Sen University · Alibaba Group

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The authors reinterpret Diffusion-DPO, a method that learns from pairs of preferred and dispreferred images, through the manifold hypothesis.

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From Alibaba Group and Sun Yat-Sen University

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Anisotropic geometry-aware optimization prevents off-manifold drift in diffusion model preference alignment.

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