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Beyond Fixed Anchors: Precisely Erasing Concepts with Sibling Exclusive Counterparts

arXiv 2510.16342 ↗First posted 18 Oct 2025cs.AI cs.CVcited by 1

On the map: Diffusion models → Robustness, privacy and adversarial aspects

Abstract (arXiv)

Existing concept erasure methods for text-to-image diffusion models commonly rely on fixed anchor strategies, which often lead to critical issues such as concept re-emergence and erosion. To address this, we conduct causal tracing to reveal the inherent sensitivity of erasure to anchor selection and define Sibling Exclusive Concepts as a superior class of anchors. Based on this insight, we propose SELECT (Sibling-Exclusive Evaluation for Contextual Targeting), a dynamic anchor selection framework designed to overcome the limitations of fixed anchors. Our framework introduces a novel two-stage evaluation mechanism that automatically discovers optimal anchors for precise erasure while identifying critical boundary anchors to preserve related concepts. Extensive evaluations demonstrate that SELECT, as a universal anchor solution, not only efficiently adapts to multiple erasure frameworks but also consistently outperforms existing baselines across key performance metrics, averaging only 4 seconds for anchor mining of a single concept.

Key facts. Cited by 1 paper in the map (data through 7 Oct 2026). Placed in Robustness, privacy and adversarial aspects, one of 14 directions in Diffusion models. Builds on 31 of its 35 references that are in the map. First posted on arXiv 18 Oct 2025.

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  2. 2025CRCE: Coreference-Retention Concept Erasure in Text-to-Image Diffusion Models18 Mar
  3. 2025Localized Concept Erasure for Text-to-Image Diffusion Models Using Training-Free Gated Low-Rank Adaptation16 Mar
  4. 2025SPEED: Scalable, Precise, and Efficient Concept Erasure for Diffusion Models10 Mar
  5. 2025Concept Corrector: Erase concepts on the fly for text-to-image diffusion models22 Feb
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  8. 2024AdvAnchor: Enhancing Diffusion Model Unlearning with Adversarial Anchors28 Dec
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  11. 2024STEREO: A Two-Stage Framework for Adversarially Robust Concept Erasing from Text-to-Image Diffusion Models29 Aug
  12. 2024Safeguard Text-to-Image Diffusion Models with Human Feedback Inversion17 Jul
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  2. 2024Pruning for Robust Concept Erasing in Diffusion Models26 May
  3. 2024R.A.C.E.: Robust Adversarial Concept Erasure for Secure Text-to-Image Diffusion Model25 May
  4. 2024Unlearning Concepts in Diffusion Model via Concept Domain Correction and Concept Preserving Gradient24 May
  5. 2024Erasing Concepts from Text-to-Image Diffusion Models with Few-shot Unlearning12 May
  6. 2024MACE: Mass Concept Erasure in Diffusion Models10 Mar
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  11. 2023Ablating Concepts in Text-to-Image Diffusion Models23 Mar
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  13. 2022Safe Latent Diffusion: Mitigating Inappropriate Degeneration in Diffusion Models9 Nov

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