AttributeError: module 'tensorflow.python.keras.utils.generic_utils' has no attribute 'populate_dict_with_module_objects'

Question

When I import keras, the error above pops up even though it was working fine yesterday.

How do I resolve this error?

I am working on windows 10 my keras version is: 2.2.4 my tensorflow version is: 2.2.0rc2

complete error traceback is seen below as such:

Traceback (most recent call last):

    from keras import models
  File "C:\Users\world\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python38\lib\site-packages\keras\__init__.py", line 3, in <module>

    from . import utils
  File "C:\Users\world\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python38\lib\site-packages\keras\utils\__init__.py", line 6, in <module>

    from . import conv_utils

  File "C:\Users\world\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python38\lib\site-packages\keras\utils\conv_utils.py", line 9, in <module>

    from .. import backend as K

  File "C:\Users\world\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python38\lib\site-packages\keras\backend\__init__.py", line 1, in <module>

    from .load_backend import epsilon

  File "C:\Users\world\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python38\lib\site-packages\keras\backend\load_backend.py", line 90, in <module>

    from .tensorflow_backend import *

  File "C:\Users\world\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python38\lib\site-packages\keras\backend\tensorflow_backend.py", line 5, in <module>

    import tensorflow as tf

  File "C:\Users\world\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python38\lib\site-packages\tensorflow\__init__.py", line 41, in <module>

    from tensorflow.python.tools import module_util as _module_util
  File "C:\Users\world\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python38\lib\site-packages\tensorflow\python\__init__.py", line 84, in <module>

    from tensorflow.python import keras

  File "C:\Users\world\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python38\lib\site-packages\tensorflow\python\keras\__init__.py", line 27, in <module>

    from tensorflow.python.keras import models

  File "C:\Users\world\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python38\lib\site-packages\tensorflow\python\keras\models.py", line 24, in <module>

    from tensorflow.python.keras import metrics as metrics_module

  File "C:\Users\world\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python38\lib\site-packages\tensorflow\python\keras\metrics.py", line 37, in <module>

    from tensorflow.python.keras.engine import base_layer

  File "C:\Users\world\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python38\lib\site-packages\tensorflow\python\keras\engine\base_layer.py", line 51, in <module>

    from tensorflow.python.keras import initializers

  File "C:\Users\world\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python38\lib\site-packages\tensorflow\python\keras\initializers\__init__.py", line 127, in <module>

    populate_deserializable_objects()
  File "C:\Users\world\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python38\lib\site-packages\tensorflow\python\keras\initializers\__init__.py", line 85, in populate_deserializable_objects
    generic_utils.populate_dict_with_module_objects(
AttributeError: module 'tensorflow.python.keras.utils.generic_utils' has no attribute 'populate_dict_with_module_objects'

Answer 1

change from keras import models to from tensorflow.keras import models
this solved the problem for me with tensorflow 2.5.0

Answer 2

I had the same problem, and I have successfully solved this issue with downgrading tensorflow version to 2.1.0.

pip install tensorflow==2.1.0

Answer 3

Changed from keras.utils import _____

to from tensorflow.python.keras.utils import _____

This worked for me while using TensorFlow 2.5.0

Answer 4

I encountered the same problem using Python 3.9 and Tensorflow 2.5. The problem for me was that those two are not yet compatible, and as such, the solution is to install python 3.8 instead, and possibly also downgrade Tensorflow 2.5 to Tensorflow 2.4.

Answer 5

Please copy "populate_dict_with_module_objects" function from this link (line 1162 to 1167) and add it to "generic_utils.py"

Answer 6

I've gotten around this by uninstalling Keras and changing anything I import from Keras to instead import from tensorflow.keras

So this:

    from keras.preprocessing.image import load_img
    from keras.preprocessing.image import img_to_array
    from keras.applications.vgg16 import preprocess_input
    from keras.applications.vgg16 import decode_predictions
    from keras.applications.vgg16 import VGG16

became this:

    from tensorflow.keras.preprocessing.image import load_img
    from tensorflow.keras.preprocessing.image import img_to_array
    from tensorflow.keras.applications.vgg16 import preprocess_input
    from tensorflow.keras.applications.vgg16 import decode_predictions
    from tensorflow.keras.applications.vgg16 import VGG16

and then I didn't have to amend the rest of my work