Can not connect GPU with Google Colab

[NaziaToma]

I have installed spacy with !pip install -U spacy[cuda112] on google colab. Then I was checking if it's connected. Here's my code:

import spacy
gpu = spacy.prefer_gpu()
print('GPU:', gpu)

But it's returning false which means no GPU is found. How do I solve this issue on Google Colab?

[polm]

On Google Colab you should not install cuda extras with spaCy. We don't totally understand what's going on but it seems colab has a customized version of cupy pre-installed, and you don't want to replace that with another version.

There is an entry for this in the FAQ.

[polm]

Hmmm... Actually, the behavior described in the FAQ is slightly different, and installing cuda directly gave an error. It's possible something changed on Google's end. In any case I would still suggest you try not installing cuda extras yourself and let us know if that doesn't fix it.

[NaziaToma]

I have opened a new colab and ran this code without installing. Now it works fine for me.
import spacy
gpu = spacy.prefer_gpu()
print('GPU:', gpu)

[polm]

Thanks for confirming! If you have any other issues feel free to open a new thread.