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Trajectory as the Teacher: Few-Step Discrete Flow Matching via Energy-Navigated Distillation

Trajectory as the Teacher introduces a new distillation approach for discrete flow matching. The method shows that the trajectory itself, not the student’s capacity, limits performance, and it can reduce generation steps from hundreds to a few while preserving quality. This insight helps developers build faster, more efficient text generators by focusing on trajectory quality.

Apple ML Research·Sep 16, 2026

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