# Release Notes Archive
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##### Release Date: 2025-02-21
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**AMI name**: Deep Learning OSS Nvidia Driver AMI GPU PyTorch 2.6.0 (Ubuntu 22.04) 20250220

##### Added
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+ Initial release of Deep Learning AMI GPU PyTorch 2.6 (Ubuntu 22.04) series. Including a Python virtual environment pytorch (source /opt/pytorch/bin/activate), complimented with NVIDIA Driver R570, CUDA=12.6, cuDNN=9.7, PyTorch NCCL=2.21.5, and EFA=1.38.0.
  + Starting with PyTorch2.6, Pytorch has deprecated support for Conda (see [official announcement ](https://github.com/pytorch/pytorch/issues/138506)). As a result, Pytorch 2.6 and above will move to using Python Virtual Environments. Tto activate the pytorch venv, please activate using source /opt/pytorch/bin/activate