DPO simplified RLHF, and a family of variants now trade off what data and reference model they need. The signal is knowing what each variant removes or changes (reference model, paired data, separate SFT stage). Here is the answer.
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DPO simplified RLHF, and a family of variants now trade off what data and reference model they need. The signal is knowing what each variant removes or changes (reference model, paired data, separate SFT stage). Here is the answer.
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