New Release: Ultralytics v8.2.81

[glenn-jocher]

Announcing Ultralytics YOLO v8.2.81 Release!

Summary

We are excited to announce the release of Ultralytics YOLO v8.2.81! This update brings significant documentation improvements and a refined model upload process, enhancing usability and reliability for all machine learning practitioners.

Key Changes

Documentation Enhancements

• Improved Readability: Updated how code examples and citations are presented across various dataset guides to improve readability and user accessibility.
• Comprehensive Examples: Added examples in both Python and CLI to make it more straightforward for users to implement various datasets in their projects.

Model Upload Process

• Enhanced Handling: Improved handling of model uploads with added safeguards and informative logging, particularly in transient environments like Google Colab.
• Reliable Training: Ensures continuity and mitigates issues in cloud-based environments, promoting more reliable training sessions.

Technical Adjustment

• Bounding Box Conversion: Corrected bounding box conversion details in the results module, changing from top-left coordinates to center-point coordinates. This adjustment aligns technical descriptions with actual functionalities, ensuring users correctly apply transformations.

Purpose & Impact

• Easier Understanding and Use: The new documentation format makes it easier for users to understand and implement various datasets in their projects.
• Robust Model Management: Enhanced model upload functionality ensures continuity and mitigates issues in cloud-based environments.
• Accurate Representation: The bounding box conversion adjustment ensures users correctly apply transformations, aligning technical descriptions with actual functionalities.

What’s Changed

• Add YouTube Video to docs by @RizwanMunawar in PR #15751
• Improve Docs dataset layout issues by @jk4e in PR #15696
• Fix xywh docstring by @Laughing-q in PR #15765
• Ensure matplotlib backend gets reset with plt_settings by @rschroll in PR #15759
• Fix HUB missing ‘best.pt’ resumed checkpoint upload by @glenn-jocher in PR #15754

New Contributors

• @rschroll made their first contribution in PR #15759

Try It Out!

We encourage you to try out the new release and provide feedback. Your input is invaluable in helping us improve and deliver the best possible tools for your machine learning projects.

Full Changelog: v8.2.81

Release URL: Ultralytics YOLO v8.2.81

Thank you for being a part of the Ultralytics community! We look forward to your feedback and continued support.

Happy coding!