# New Release: Ultralytics v8.3.56

**URL:** <https://community.ultralytics.com/t/new-release-ultralytics-v8-3-56/646>\
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# 🚀 New Release: Ultralytics v8.3.56

We’re thrilled to announce the release of **Ultralytics v8.3.56** , packed with exciting features, essential bug fixes, and valuable improvements designed to enhance the user experience. This release brings **GPU support for PaddlePaddle inference** , export enhancements, documentation updates, and more. Let’s explore the details below! 🎉

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## 🌟 Summary

**Key Highlights** :

- **PaddlePaddle GPU Inference** : Accelerated inference on GPUs with improved paddle compatibility.
- **UTF-8 Annotation Fixes** : Resolved encoding issues for smoother dataset handling.
- **Faster Annotations** : Enhanced performance for large-scale annotations.
- **Export Improvements** : Robust fixes for OpenVINO INT8, ONNX2TF, and IMX export pipelines.
- **User-Friendly Documentation** : Simplified guides for NVIDIA Jetson, DeepStream, and robotics integration.

This release extensively improves performance, functionality, and ease of use for developers and AI enthusiasts alike. 🚀

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## 🔑 New Features

### PaddlePaddle GPU Inference

- **What’s new?**  
Added GPU support for PaddlePaddle inference by checking CUDA availability dynamically. This enhances flexibility across hardware setups.  
_Implemented by [@zldrobit](https://github.com/zldrobit) in [PR #18468](https://github.com/ultralytics/ultralytics/pull/18468)_.

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## 🛠 Improvements

### Better Dataset Annotation Handling

- **GroundingDataset Optimization** : Drastically improved performance while unpacking large annotations for datasets.  
_Contributed by [@Lornatang](https://github.com/Lornatang) in [PR #18382](https://github.com/ultralytics/ultralytics/pull/18382)_.

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## 🐛 Bug Fixes

### UTF-8 Encoding Issue in `convert_coco`

- Resolved a bug causing failures with non-UTF-8 annotation files.  
_Fixed by [@oleg-pereziabov](https://github.com/oleg-pereziabov) in [PR #18412](https://github.com/ultralytics/ultralytics/pull/18412)_.

### Export Pipeline Fixes

- **OpenVINO** : Prevented errors by resetting `clip_model` during export ([PR #18445](https://github.com/ultralytics/ultralytics/pull/18445)).
- **IMX Export** : Now limited exclusively to YOLOv8n models ([PR #18460](https://github.com/ultralytics/ultralytics/pull/18460)).
- **ONNX2TF** : Addressed memory issues with updated library support ([PR #18467](https://github.com/ultralytics/ultralytics/pull/18467)).

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## 📚 Documentation Updates

- **Deprecated Notebooks** : Removed Jupyter documentation in favor of markdown files (e.g., `explorer.md`).  
_Implemented by [@RizwanMunawar](https://github.com/RizwanMunawar) in [PR #18459](https://github.com/ultralytics/ultralytics/pull/18459)_.
- **NVIDIA Jetson Update** : Added installation commands for streamlined setup.  
_Contributed by [@lakshanthad](https://github.com/lakshanthad) in [PR #18444](https://github.com/ultralytics/ultralytics/pull/18444)_.

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## 👥 New Contributors

We’re excited to welcome the newest members of our community!

- **[@Le0v1n](https://github.com/Le0v1n)**: Contributed to path handling [PR #18427](https://github.com/ultralytics/ultralytics/pull/18427).
- **[@oleg-pereziabov](https://github.com/oleg-pereziabov)**: Fixed UTF-8 encoding issues [PR #18412](https://github.com/ultralytics/ultralytics/pull/18412).

Thank you for your contributions! 💪

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## 📥 Get Started

The new release is live and ready for you to explore!  
🔗 [Release Page & Download](https://github.com/ultralytics/ultralytics/releases/tag/v8.3.56)  
🔗 [Full Changelog](https://github.com/ultralytics/ultralytics/compare/v8.3.55...v8.3.56)

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## 💡 Feedback & Suggestions

We’d love to hear your thoughts! Whether it’s feedback, suggestions, or questions, feel free to jump into [Discussions](https://github.com/ultralytics/ultralytics/discussions) or create an issue on GitHub.

Let’s build the future of AI together! 🚀