🌟 Summary Ultralytics 8.3.62 introduces key updates to ensure deterministic data augmentation for deep learning models, alongside other repository maintenance and usability improvements. 🚀 📊 Key Changes Fix for Non-Deterministic Transforms: Resolved randomness issues in data augmentation with albumentations>=1.4.21 by adding support for setting a random seed. 🔧 Workflow and Documentation Enhancements: Renamed GitHub workflow files for consistency (.yaml → .yml). 📂 Updated project licensing headers for clarity across all source files and configurations. 📝 Refreshed metadata to display the current year (2025) in documentation. 📅 Bug Fixes: Addressed sporadic dataloader freezes during consecutive training sessions. 🛠️ Code Clean-Up: Streamlined hyperparameter mutation logic by reducing unnecessary data access. ✨ 🎯 Purpose & Impact Consistent Training Results: Deterministic transformations allow reproducible results in model training, improving debugging and performance evaluation. 📈 Improved Usability: Updated workflows and file organization ensure better developer experience and easier maintenance for contributors. 🧑‍💻 Enhanced Stability: Fixes to the dataloader and optimization pipeline enhance reliability for users running training sessions repeatedly. 🚦 Professional Branding: Revised licensing headers and metadata maintain a polished and up-to-date project representation. 🌐 ⚙️ Whether you're a developer improving AI systems or a researcher fine-tuning models, this release ensures smoother, more predictable processes while adhering to modern software conventions. 🎉 What's Changed Consistent workflow file suffix *.yml by @glenn-jocher in https://github.com/ultralytics/ultralytics/pull/18668 ci.yml and docker.yml rename by @glenn-jocher in https://github.com/ultralytics/ultralytics/pull/18671 Fix MNN example missing BGR to RGB conversion by @jules-ai in https://github.com/ultralytics/ultralytics/pull/18689 Remove unused dict values in items() with values() by @Kayzwer in https://github.com/ultralytics/ultralytics/pull/18651 Update 2024 to 2025 by @glenn-jocher in https://github.com/ultralytics/ultralytics/pull/18695 Standardize license headers in Python files by @pderrenger in https://github.com/ultralytics/ultralytics/pull/18696 Fix random dataloader freezes by @Y-T-G in https://github.com/ultralytics/ultralytics/pull/18697 Improve headers and comments in TOML/YAML files by @pderrenger in https://github.com/ultralytics/ultralytics/pull/18698 ultralytics 8.3.62 Fix non-deterministic transforms with albumentations>=1.4.21 by @Y-T-G in https://github.com/ultralytics/ultralytics/pull/18701 New Contributors @jules-ai made their first contribution in https://github.com/ultralytics/ultralytics/pull/18689 Full Changelog: https://github.com/ultralytics/ultralytics/compare/v8.3.61...v8.3.62

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