Introduction
Flow Matching trains continuous flow models by regressing vector fields along conditional probability paths, bringing diffusion and alternative transport paths into a shared methodological framework.
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Lipman, Yaron; Chen, Ricky T. Q.; Ben-Hamu, Heli; Nickel, Maximilian; Le, Matt · original paper / arXiv · Rights in the paper and depicted works remain with their holders. Research quotation does not establish an open licence; republication rights await independent review.
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Flow Matching trains continuous flow models by regressing vector fields along conditional probability paths, bringing diffusion and alternative transport paths into a shared methodological framework.
ANTI-AI ARCHIVE · Revised 2026-10-03
What the paper investigates
The training objective avoids simulating full flow trajectories. Its Gaussian probability paths include diffusion paths while admitting alternatives such as optimal-transport displacement interpolation. ImageNet experiments study how those choices affect training, sampling and generated-image quality.
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