v23.05.00

What’s Changed

⚠ Breaking Changes

• Update minimum version of TensorFlow from 2.8 to 2.9 @oliverholworthy (#1084)

🐜 Bug Fixes

• Extend ContrastiveOutput to support sequential encoders @sararb (#1086)

🚀 Features

• Adding ParallelBlock @marcromeyn (#1088)
• Add dataloader pre-trained embeddings support to Merlin Models @gabrielspmoreira (#1083)
• Introducing Block @marcromeyn (#1087)
• Creates LogLossMetric and generalizes WandbLogger and ExamplesPerSecondCallback @gabrielspmoreira (#1085)

📄 Documentation

• update pretrained embs example @radekosmulski (#1100)
• Change tf.keras.optimizers.Adagrad() to tf.keras.optimizers.legacy.Adagrad() @rnyak (#1098)
• implement review suggestions @radekosmulski (#1062)

🔧 Maintenance

• Skip installing dependencies in tox gpu test @edknv (#1105)
• Change tf.keras.optimizers.Adagrad() to tf.keras.optimizers.legacy.Adagrad() @rnyak (#1098)
• Add Workflows to check base branch and set stable branch @oliverholworthy (#1080)
• Update tag pattern in GitHub Workflows @oliverholworthy (#1081)
• Update minimum version of TensorFlow from 2.8 to 2.9 @oliverholworthy (#1084)
• Remove use of deprecated numpy aliases of builtin types @oliverholworthy (#1082)
• Add publish step for conda package @oliverholworthy (#1075)
• Skip gpu tests on PR closed event @edknv (#1067)
• Update requirements for Merlin packages to minimum version of 23.04 @oliverholworthy (#1069)
• remove blossom-ci @nv-alaiacano (#1074)