Ultralytics Release v8.3.24 Announcement
Summary
We’re excited to announce the release of Ultralytics v8.3.24! This update brings significant enhancements to YOLO’s prediction module, improved documentation for NVIDIA Jetson deployments, and crucial compatibility fixes for macOS users. Dive into the details below to see how these changes can benefit your projects.
Key Changes
New Features
- SAM Predict Box Enhancement: The
postprocessfunction now handles predictions more robustly, ensuring default bounding boxes are correctly initialized even when no masks are detected.
Improvements
- Improved Documentation: Our NVIDIA Jetson guide has been updated from YOLOv8 to YOLO11, providing clearer instructions for better deployment.
- macOS Compatibility: We’ve restricted the
numpyversion to address compatibility issues with OpenVINO, enhancing stability for macOS users. - CI/CD Optimization: Updates to GitHub Actions improve disk cleanup efficiency and streamline CI trigger conditions.
Purpose & Impact
- Robust Predictions: The SAM update ensures reliable prediction processes, maintaining operational reliability across various applications.
- Ease of Deployment: The updated Jetson documentation supports users transitioning to YOLO11, leveraging new capabilities for AI tasks.
- Platform Stability: Pinning
numpyversions reduces issues during model exports on macOS, improving user experience. - Efficient Development Processes: Optimized CI/CD workflows lead to faster and more cost-effective software development cycles.
What’s Changed
- Update OBB predict examples with boats.jpg by @RizwanMunawar in PR #17052
- Add explorer depreciation message in
datasets/index.mdby @RizwanMunawar in PR #17179 - Ultralytics Cleanup Disk action in docker.yaml by @glenn-jocher in PR #17194
- Disable HUB CI temporarily by @glenn-jocher in PR #17196
- Pin
numpy<=2.0.0on macOS by @glenn-jocher in PR #17221 - Update NVIDIA Jetson Guide with YOLO11 by @lakshanthad in PR #17206
- Fix EdgeTPU wrong PyTorch device by @Skillnoob in PR #17199
- Adds permissions for stale workflow by @Burhan-Q in PR #17183
ultralytics 8.3.24SAM fixpred_boxeswhen no objects segmented by @Laughing-q in PR #17215
Full Changelog: View Here
Try It Out!
We encourage you to try out the new release and share your feedback. Your insights are invaluable in helping us improve and deliver the best possible tools for your AI projects.
Release URL: Ultralytics v8.3.24
Thank you for being a part of the Ultralytics community!