arXiv AI By Xiaohua Feng, Yuyuan Li, Huwei Ji, Jiaming Zhang, Li Zhang, Tianyu Du, Chaochao Chen

Leveraging Machine Unlearning for Cost-Efficient Preference Alignment

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arXiv:2504. 06659v2 Announce Type: replace-cross Abstract: Despite advances in Preference Alignment (PA) for Large Language Models (LLMs), mainstream methods like reinforcement learning with human feedback face notable challenges.

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A Zeroth-Order Paradigm for LLM Preference Alignment

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A Comprehensive Survey of Direct Preference Optimization: Datasets, Theories, Variants, and Applications

arXiv:2410. 15595v4 Announce Type: replace Abstract: With the rapid advancement of large language models (LLMs), aligning policy models with human preferences has become increasingly critical.

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