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Direct Preference Optimization for Chatbot Fine-Tuning: An Empirical Study

arXiv 2606.12881 ↗First posted 11 Jun 2026cs.CL cs.LGcited by 0

On the map: LLM alignment / RLHF / preference optimisation → LLM preference optimization methods

Abstract (arXiv)

We present an approach to fine-tuning large language models using Direct Preference Optimization (DPO), a reinforcement learning technique. Our experimental results demonstrate that DPO simplifies the training pipeline, improves computational efficiency, and achieves competitive performance. The evaluation using BLEU, ROUGE, and cosine similarity metrics indicates effective learning and convergence, though further investigation is needed to address observed training instability.

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  1. 2024Is DPO Superior to PPO for LLM Alignment? A Comprehensive Study16 Apr

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  1. 2017Proximal Policy Optimization Algorithmscited by 15,215
  2. 2023Direct Preference Optimization: Your Language Model is Secretly a Reward Modelcited by 8,065
  3. 2024Parameter Efficient Fine Tuning: A Comprehensive Analysis Across Applicationscited by 25

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