ultralytics 8.3.100

v8.3.100 - `ultralytics 8.3.100` New `paddlepaddle>=3.0.0` with `*.pdiparams` (#19902)

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🌟 Summary

The v8.3.100 release introduces enhanced support for PaddlePaddle, ensuring compatibility with the latest versions and improving model export functionality. Additionally, it includes updates to documentation, pre-trained model links, and usability improvements for YOLO11 and YOLOE models.

📊 Key Changes

• PaddlePaddle Integration:
  • Updated support for PaddlePaddle >=3.0.0 in both GPU and CPU environments.
  • Improved model export handling for .json and .pdiparams files.
  • Disabled OBB model inference for Paddle due to a silent error causing mAP drops (issue raised with PaddlePaddle).
• Documentation Enhancements:
  • Added a new video tutorial for YOLO11 with NVIDIA DeepStream.
  • Updated guides for YOLO11 deployment on Jetson devices.
  • Introduced detailed references for YOLOE's visual prompt capabilities and text encoding models like CLIP and MobileCLIP.
• Pre-trained Model Updates:
  • All pre-trained model links updated to v8.3.0 for YOLOv8, YOLOv9, YOLOv10, YOLO-NAS, YOLOE, and others.
• YOLOE Improvements:
  • Prevented unintended modifications to visual prompts during predictions.
  • Enhanced task management to automatically detect segmentation or detection tasks based on the predictor.

🎯 Purpose & Impact

• Purpose:
  • Ensure compatibility with the latest PaddlePaddle versions and improve export reliability.
  • Provide clearer, updated documentation for easier model deployment and usage.
  • Enhance YOLOE's stability and usability for workflows involving visual prompts and mixed tasks.
• Impact:
  • 🚀 Improved Compatibility: Users can now leverage PaddlePaddle >=3.0.0 for seamless integration.
  • 📚 Better Documentation: Simplifies deployment and training processes with updated guides and resources.
  • 🔧 Enhanced Usability: YOLOE's improvements reduce errors and streamline workflows for developers.
  • 🎥 User-Friendly Resources: New video tutorials make it easier for users to adopt YOLO11 on NVIDIA platforms.

This release ensures smoother workflows, better compatibility, and an overall improved user experience. 🌟

What's Changed

• Add https://youtu.be/hvGqrVT2wPg to docs by @RizwanMunawar in #19943
• Update assets links by @RizwanMunawar in #19949
• Update DeepStream doc with YOLO11 support by @lakshanthad in #19958
• YOLOE: Prevent original prompts from being modified by @Y-T-G in #19963
• YOLOE: Preserve task type with refer_image by @Y-T-G in #19969
• ultralytics 8.3.100 New paddlepaddle>=3.0.0 with *.pdiparams by @glenn-jocher in #19902

Full Changelog: v8.3.99...v8.3.100