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New metric MultiMem quantifies memorization in multi-modal contrastive learning

Researchers have introduced MultiMem, a novel metric to quantify memorization in multi-modal contrastive learning, a field previously unexplored in this regard. Their analysis indicates that semantic misalignment between modalities, particularly text, is the primary driver of memorization. The study also demonstrates that applying targeted augmentations across all modalities can effectively reduce memorization and enhance model performance. AI

IMPACT Introduces a new framework for measuring and mitigating memorization in multi-modal contrastive learning, potentially leading to more robust and higher-performing models.

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New metric MultiMem quantifies memorization in multi-modal contrastive learning

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  1. arXiv cs.AI TIER_1 English(EN) · Wenhao Wang, Franziska Boenisch, Michael Backes, Adam Dziedzic ·

    MultiMem: Measuring and Mitigating Memorization in Multi-Modal Contrastive Learning

    arXiv:2606.22220v2 Announce Type: replace-cross Abstract: Memorization in machine learning models enables high performance on rare in-distribution samples by capturing their atypical patterns. However, it also causes harmful retention of noise and outliers, degrading generalizati…

  2. arXiv cs.AI TIER_1 English(EN) · Adam Dziedzic ·

    MultiMem: Measuring and Mitigating Memorization in Multi-Modal Contrastive Learninga

    Memorization in machine learning models enables high performance on rare in-distribution samples by capturing their atypical patterns. However, it also causes harmful retention of noise and outliers, degrading generalization. While memorization has been extensively studied in bot…