# What's new in TensorFlow 2.18

DevFeed: [What's new in TensorFlow 2.18](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/what-s-new-in-tensorflow-2-18-7415.md>)

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Author: TensorFlow Blog (noreply@blogger.com)

Published: 2024-10-28T19:00:00Z

Content type: release

Language: en

Sources: [The TensorFlow Blog](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/the-tensorflow-blog.md>)

Topics: [Tensorflow](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/tensorflow.md>), [releases](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/releases.md>), [LiteRT](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/litert.md>), [NumPy](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/numpy.md>), [CUDA](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/cuda.md>), [cudnn](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/cudnn.md>), [NCCL](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/nccl.md>), [Google](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/google.md>)

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## AI overview

TensorFlow 2.18 introduces NumPy 2.0 compatibility updates, transitions TFLite development to the LiteRT repository, and adds hermetic CUDA, cuDNN, and NCCL dependencies for more reproducible source builds. Binary packages add dedicated kernels for compute capability 8.9 GPUs, including NVIDIA RTX 40 series, L4, and L40, while dropping precompiled support for Maxwell GPUs.

## Source excerpt

Posted by the TensorFlow team TensorFlow 2.18 has been released! Highlights of this release (and 2.17) include NumPy 2.0, LiteRT repository, CUDA Update, Hermetic CUDA and more. For the full release notes, please click here. Note: Release updates on the new multi-backend Keras will be published on keras.io, starting with Keras 3.0. For more information, please see https://keras.io/keras_3/. TensorFlow Core NumPy 2.0 The upcoming TensorFlow 2.18 release will include support for NumPy 2.0. While the majority of TensorFlow APIs will function seamlessly with NumPy 2.0, this may break some edge cases of usage, e.g., out-of-boundary conversion errors and numpy scalar representation errors. You can consult the following common solutions. Note that NumPy's type promotion rules have been changed (See NEP 50 for details). This may change the precision at which computations happen, leading either to type errors or to numerical changes to results. Please see the NumPy 2 migration guide. We've updated some TensorFlow tensor APIs to maintain compatibility with NumPy 2.0 while preserving the out-of-boundary conversion behavior in NumPy 1.x. LiteRT Repository We're making some changes to how LiteRT (formerly known as TFLite) is developed. Over the coming months, we'll be gradually transitioning TFLite's codebase to LiteRT. Once the migration is complete, we'll start accepting contributions directly through the LiteRT repository. There will no longer be any binary TFLite releases and developers should switch to LiteRT for the latest updates. Hermetic CUDA If you build TensorFlow from source, Bazel will now download specific versions of CUDA, CUDNN and NCCL distributions, and then use those tools as dependencies in various Bazel targets. This enables more reproducible builds for Google ML projects and supported CUDA versions because the build no longer relies on the locally installed versions. More details are provided here. CUDA Update TensorFlow binary distributions now ship with d