arXiv Machine Learning July 7, 2026 By Tyler Farghly, Benjamin Dupuis, Alain Durmus, Umut Simsekli

Benign Overfitting Does Not Occur in Diffusion Models

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arXiv:2607. 02671v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: Benign overfitting and double descent have come to shape our understanding of generalization in deep learning, establishing that overfitting is not only compatible with good generalization but can actively benefit it.

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