This release brings many bug fixes and performance improvements, new linear algebra ops, and sparse tensor support for the JAX backend.

Highlights

• Add support for sparse tensors with the JAX backend.
• Add support for saving/loading in bfloat16.
• Add linear algebra ops in keras.ops.linalg.
• Support nested structures in while_loop op.
• Add erfinv op.
• Add normalize op.
• Add support for IterableDataset to TorchDataLoaderAdapter.

New Contributors

• @frazane made their first contribution in https://github.com/keras-team/keras/pull/19107
• @SamanehSaadat made their first contribution in https://github.com/keras-team/keras/pull/19111
• @sitamgithub-MSIT made their first contribution in https://github.com/keras-team/keras/pull/19142
• @timotheeMM made their first contribution in https://github.com/keras-team/keras/pull/19169

Full Changelog: https://github.com/keras-team/keras/compare/v3.0.4...v3.0.5