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NTM: Exact Likelihood Four-Step Image Generation via Normalizing Flows

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Researchers from UPenn and UIUC introduce Normalizing Trajectory Models (NTM), which use conditional normalizing flows to retain exact likelihood in few-step diffusion sampling. By combining shallow invertible blocks with a deep parallel predictor, NTM achieves state-of-the-art text-to-image results in just four steps while enabling self-distillation through its precise trajectory likelihood.

LATEST/Researchers from UPenn and UIUC introduce Normalizing Trajectory Models (NTM), which use conditional normalizing flows to retain exact likelihood in few-step diffusion sampling. By combining shallow invertible blocks with a deep parallel predictor, NTM achieves state-of-the-art text-to-image results in just four steps while enabling self-distillation through its precise trajectory likelihood.

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  1. Apple Machine Learning ResearchT1·78 pts
    • NTM models reverse steps as expressive conditional normalizing flows, maintaining exact likelihood training even when compressed to four coarse transitions.
    • The architecture combines shallow invertible blocks with a deep parallel predictor, supporting both end-to-end training from scratch and initialization from pretrained flow-matching models.
    • A self-distillation mechanism based on exact trajectory likelihood allows lightweight denoisers to generate high-quality samples using the model's own induced score function.