Challenge: Existing models for text generation are weak enough to handle perturbations in inputs, leading to degeneration in faithfulness and informativeness.
Approach: They propose a framework for improving faithfulness and informativeness of Seq2Seq models by perturbing word representations and word swapping.
Outcome: The proposed framework improves faithfulness and informativeness of Seq2Seq models under automatic and human evaluation settings.

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