TensorFlow Quantum 0.7.6

This release pins the TensorFlow dependency to 2.18.1. The versions of Python supported are 3.10–3.12. You can install TensorFlow Quantum 0.7.6 using pip as follows:

pip install tensorflow==2.18.1 tensorflow-quantum==0.7.6

Release 0.7.6 is compatible with NumPy 2 and Cirq 1.5. TensorFlow Quantum continues to require Keras 2; to ensure your program loads the legacy version of Keras, set the environment variable TF_USE_LEGACY_KERAS to 1 before you import TensorFlow or TensorFlow Quantum in your Python program. Here is a code snippet you can place before the first import of tensorflow or tensorflow_quantum:

# Configure use of Keras 2 before importing TensorFlow or TensorFlow Quantum:
import os
os.environ["TF_USE_LEGACY_KERAS"] = "1"

If your code imports Keras directly, also alias keras to tf_keras:

import sys
import tf_keras
sys.modules["keras"] = tf_keras

A big thanks to all our contributors for this release!

@eileenpaula, @kenya-sk, @psamanoelton, @saksham-1304