Diffusion language models (DLMs) are gaining attention as a possible alternative to autoregressive (AR) text generation. Instead of predicting the next token, continuous DLMs apply latent diffusion to continuous text embeddings. A new arXiv preprint, Scaling and Distilling Text Embeddings for Better Diffusibility, focuses on a practical question raised by these recent advances: how do scaling and distillation of text embeddings affect how well a DLM can diffuse and generate text?
The abstract frames the work as a response to the growing use of continuous embeddings in diffusion-based language modeling. However, the provided text is truncated after that question, so the specific methods, experimental setup, and findings are not available in the source. No results or comparisons are reported in the excerpt.
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