PyTorch 2.8 released

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PyTorch 2.8 released — a limited stable libtorch ABI, control-flow operators (cond/while_loop/scan), an Inductor CUTLASS backend. 4,164 commits from 585 contributors since 2.7

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A release that shows the move to a compiler-centered stack, with a stabilized ABI for C++ extensions and compilable control flow

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Officialpytorch.orghttps://pytorch.org/blog/pytorch-2-8/

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