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Rethinking Classifier-Free Guidance in On-Policy Diffusion Distillation

70 upvotes · 27 JUL 2026 · Bingnan Li, Haozhe Wang, Haozhong Xiong et al.

This paper investigates how to improve the adaptation of diffusion models in a way that doesn't rely on a classifier, and how to address a problem where the model can't accurately learn from its teacher. Practitioners might care about this because it could lead to more effective knowledge transfer in machine learning applications.

Flux-OPD: On-Policy Distillation with Evolving Contexts

40 upvotes · 30 JUL 2026 · Yuran Wang, Zekun Wang, Bohan Zeng et al.

This paper proposes a new method for training large language models in open-ended domains, using evolving contexts as in-training supervision to capture task preferences. Practitioners may care about this approach because it can lead to better performance on open-ended tasks.

Pass the Baton: Trajectory-Relayed On-Policy Distillation

28 upvotes · 28 JUL 2026 · Haolei Xu, Xiaowen Xu, Haiwen Hong et al.

This paper addresses a problem in on-policy distillation where a student model can get stuck on a wrong path, and proposes a new method called Relay-OPD that helps the student model recover by briefly taking over at certain points to produce a new trajectory. Practitioners might care about this because it could lead to better performance and more efficient training in models like language generators or math solvers.

Multi-Turn On-Policy Distillation with Prefix Replay

11 upvotes · 16 JUL 2026 · Baohao Liao, Hanze Dong, Christof Monz et al.

This paper proposes a method to improve on-policy distillation by reusing pre-collected teacher data, allowing for faster training without interacting with the environment. Practitioners may care about this technique because it enables scalable and efficient distillation of complex agent models.