Curriculum-DPO++: Direct Preference Optimization via Data and Model Curricula for Text-to-Image Generation

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Source paper: Curriculum-DPO++: Direct Preference Optimization via Data and Model Curricula for Text-to-Image Generation

PDF: https://arxiv.org/pdf/2602.13055v1

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Last proof check: 2026-03-17T21:43:58.792Z

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Evidencepartial
Finally, we compare Curriculum-DPO++ against Curriculum-DPO and other state-of-the-art preference optimization approaches on nine benchmarks, outperforming the competing methods in terms of text alignment, aesthetics and human preference.
Implicationpartial
Explicitly stated in the abstract with clear comparative results
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In this paper, we introduce Curriculum-DPO++, an enhanced method that combines the original data-level curriculum with a novel model-level curriculum. More precisely, we propose to dynamically increase the learning capacity of the denoising network as training advances.
Implicationpartial
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First, we initialize the model with only a subset of the trainable layers used in the original Curriculum-DPO. As training progresses, we sequentially unfreeze layers until the configuration matches the full baseline architecture.
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Specific implementation detail clearly described in abstract
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Second, as the fine-tuning is based on Low-Rank Adaptation (LoRA), we implement a progressive schedule for the dimension of the low-rank matrices. Instead of maintaining a fixed capacity, we initialize the low-rank matrices with a dimension significantly smaller than that of the baseline. As training proceeds, we incrementally increase their rank, allowing the capacity to grow until it converges to the same rank value as in Curriculum-DPO.
Implicationpartial
Technical implementation detail clearly described in abstract
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Evidencepartial
Furthermore, we propose an alternative ranking strategy to the one employed by Curriculum-DPO.
Implicationpartial
Directly stated in abstract but without specific details about the alternative strategy
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Evidencepartial
However, neither RLHF nor DPO take into account the fact that learning certain preferences is more difficult than learning other preferences, rendering the optimization process suboptimal.
Implicationpartial
Claim about limitations of existing methods is stated but requires some inference about suboptimality
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Evidencepartial
To address this gap in text-to-image generation, we recently proposed Curriculum-DPO, a method that organizes image pairs by difficulty. In this paper, we introduce Curriculum-DPO++, an enhanced method that combines the original data-level curriculum with a novel model-level curriculum.
Implicationpartial
Strongly supported by abstract and analysis, though some inference required about addressing the gap
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Evidencepartial
Potential limitations include the scalability of the model as complexity grows, and the risk of overfitting if not properly managed as capacity is dynamically increased.
Implicationpartial
Stated in analysis excerpt but not in main paper text, so confidence is moderate
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