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Direct Preference Optimization, a simpler RLHF algorithm that eliminates the need for a separate reward model and on-policy sampling. It works by taking gradient steps towards preferred responses and negative steps away from dispreferred ones.
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Stanford CS336 Language Modeling from Scratch | Spring 2026 | Lecture 15: Mid/Post-Training
Stanford Online
Direct Preference Optimization, a simpler RLHF algorithm that eliminates the need for a separate reward model and on-policy sampling. It works by taking gradient steps towards preferred responses and negative steps away from dispreferred ones.

Stanford CS329A Self-Improving AI Agents | Part 6 | Train Time Scaling/Scaling RL
Stanford Online
A typical reinforcement learning algorithm used in RLHF that involves keeping multiple policy models, critic, and reward models.