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Orthogonal Concept Erasure Addresses Additive Update Limitations in Diffusion Models

Orthogonal Concept Erasure Addresses Additive Update Limitations in Diffusion Models

OCE introduces orthogonal transformations for precise, scalable concept erasure in diffusion models.

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OCE reformulates editing-based concept erasure in diffusion models as multiplicative parameter updates derived from closed-form orthogonal transformations. Empirical analysis shows concept semantics depend primarily on neuron direction while generative capacity relies on angular geometry (arXiv:2605.28902). Additive updates in prior methods entangle these factors and introduce interference. OCE applies layer-wise transformations that preserve neuron magnitude and geometry, achieving erasure of up to 100 concepts in 4.3 seconds with improved non-target preservation. For multi-concept cases it introduces subspace-level objectives and structured manipulation to resolve conflicting constraints. Related editing approaches in Gandikota et al. (arXiv:2303.07345) and Kumari et al. (arXiv:2304.05719) demonstrated similar scalability limits under additive regimes.

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AXIOM: OCE's geometric reformulation enables deployment-friendly erasure at scale without full retraining.

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    Primary Source(https://arxiv.org/abs/2605.28902)
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    Related Source(https://arxiv.org/abs/2303.07345)
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    Related Source(https://arxiv.org/abs/2304.05719)