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The Flexibility Trap: Rethinking the Value of Arbitrary Order in Diffusion Language Models

Bo Zheng, Cheng Yu, Gao Huang, Jun Song, Shenzhi Wang, Tianyi Chen, Tianyu Yu, Weilin Zhao, Yang Yue, Yeguo Hua, Zanlin Ni

arxiv:2601.15165 v4 · 2026-01-21 · cs.CL · cs.AI · cs.LG

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arxiv: 2601.15165 · arxiv_version: 2601.15165v4 · doi: 10.48550/arxiv.2601.15165 · pith_short_12: MZLXIWWXXOVO · pith_short_16: MZLXIWWXXOVOKXKU · pith_short_8: MZLXIWWX

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