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S-SPPO: Semantic-Calibrated Self-Play Preference Optimization

Aligning Large Language Models (LLMs) with human preferences is often formulated via Direct Preference Optimization (DPO). However, the standard Bradley-Terry instantiation of DPO is limited in modeling common departures from transitivity in human preferences. To address this, recent work has introduced Self-Play Preference Optimization (SPPO), which iteratively refines the policy by training on self-generated win-lose pairs. Our investigation, however, reveals a critical instability in SPPO: th

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Published: 1 June 2026
Source: arXiv
Category: Research
Topics: Regulation · Finance, VC & PE
Retrieved: 14 July 2026

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ethics.ai (1 June 2026), “S-SPPO: Semantic-Calibrated Self-Play Preference Optimization,” evidence record 3315, https://ethics.ai/record/3315 (originally published by arXiv).

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