**This release adds support for vision LLMs, graph vector search, embeddings checkpoints, observability and an OpenAI-compatible API**
See below for full details on the new features, improvements and bug fixes.
New Features
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- Add support for vision models to HF LLM pipeline (884)
- Add similar query clause to graph queries (875)
- Feature Request: Embeddings index checkpointing (695)
- Feature Request: Enhance observability and tracing capabilities (869)
- Add OpenAI API compatible endpoint to API (883)
- Add example notebook showing how to use OpenAI compatible API (887)
- Add texttospeech pipeline to API (552)
- Add upload endpoint to API (659)
Improvements
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- Add encoding parameter to TextToSpeech pipeline (885)
- Add support for input streams to Transcription pipeline (886)
Bug Fixes
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- Fix bug with latest version of Transformers and model registry (878)