SteeringDiffusion: A Bottlenecked Activation Control Interface for Diffusion Models

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Main Authors:	Wu, Fangzheng, Summa, Brian
Format:	Preprint
Published:	2026
Subjects:	Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition
Online Access:	Acceder al recurso
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