We are pleased to release version 1.1.4 of the Python AI Toolkit for IBM z/OS, which now includes the release of the Dash framework for improved web-based applications for data analysis. This framework extends the Toolkit's existing visualization capabilities to make applications more engaging, and relationships within your data easier to grasp.

Versions for several packages have been upgraded to improve currency as well.  The full list of package updates includes:

Package                        Version
------------------------------ -------------
ansi2html                      1.8.0
dash                           2.14.2
dash-bootstrap-components      1.5.0
dash-mantine-components        0.12.1
dnspython                      2.4.2
libxml2                        2.12.5
defusedxml                     0.7.1.post3
comm                           0.2.1
pillow                         10.2.0
debugpy                        1.6.3.post4
lxml                           4.9.1.post3
pymongo                        4.6.0

In addition, we are announcing full Toolkit support for Python 3.12, with the exception of the following packages:

• ibm-db
• ibm-db-sa
• pymongo
• scikit-image
• scikit-learn
• scipy
• seaborn
• sklearn-pandas
• statsmodels
• xgboost

We are working to resolve some technical issues with these packages, and intend to have them ready in the near future.

Please see https://github.com/ibm-z-oss-oda/python_ai_toolkit_zos/tree/main/requirements for the latest requirements files to upgrade your package collection, and take advantage of these new capabilities.