Regularized Personalization of Text-to-Image Diffusion Models without Distributional Drift

Personalization using text-to-image diffusion models involves adapting a pretrained model to novel subjects with only a few image examples. This task presents a fundamental challenge, as the model must not only learn the new subject effectively but also preserve its ability to generate diverse and coherent outputs across a wide range of prompts. In other words, successful personalization requires integrating new concepts without forgetting previously learned generative capabilities. Forgetting denotes unintended distributional drift, where the model's output distribution deviates from that of the original pretrained model. In this paper, we provide an analysis of this issue and identify a mismatch between standard training objectives and the goals of personalization. To address this, we propose a new training objective based on a Lipschitz-bounded formulation that explicitly constrains deviation from the pretrained distribution. Our method provides improved control over distributional drift and performs well even in data-scarce scenarios. Experimental results demonstrate that our approach consistently outperforms existing personalization methods, achieving higher CLIP-T, CLIP-I, and DINO scores.

@article{kim2025_2505.19519,
  title={ Regularized Personalization of Text-to-Image Diffusion Models without Distributional Drift },
  author={ Gihoon Kim and Hyungjin Park and Taesup Kim },
  journal={arXiv preprint arXiv:2505.19519},
  year={ 2025 }
}