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  "id": 671202,
  "title": "Launching Round 2 - Benchmarks without Background Information",
  "url": "/competitions/jaguar-re-id/discussion/671202",
  "author_name": "",
  "post_date": "2026-01-31T15:00:15.589754200Z",
  "votes": 1,
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  "content": "<p>Hi all! I am happy with the enthusiasm the community has shown for our competition. We have launched the next iteration. We want to compare top-performing methods with and without background information. Please join. Your contribution is valuable!</p>\n<p><a href=\"https://www.kaggle.com/competitions/round-2-jaguar-reidentification-challenge\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.kaggle.com/competitions/round-2-jaguar-reidentification-challenge</a></p>",
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      "id": "3399940",
      "postDate": "01/31/2026 15:00:15",
      "content": "<p>Hi all! I am happy with the enthusiasm the community has shown for our competition. We have launched the next iteration. We want to compare top-performing methods with and without background information. Please join. Your contribution is valuable!</p>\n<p><a href=\"https://www.kaggle.com/competitions/round-2-jaguar-reidentification-challenge\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.kaggle.com/competitions/round-2-jaguar-reidentification-challenge</a></p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "Hi all! I am happy with the enthusiasm the community has shown for our competition. We have launched the next iteration. We want to compare top-performing methods with and without background information. Please join. Your contribution is valuable!\n\nhttps://www.kaggle.com/competitions/round-2-jaguar-reidentification-challenge",
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    {
      "id": "3399985",
      "postDate": "01/31/2026 16:39:06",
      "content": "<p>Hey congrats! did this solved the label leakage we had in the current competition?</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "Hey congrats! did this solved the label leakage we had in the current competition?",
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      "id": "3401705",
      "postDate": "02/04/2026 10:58:25",
      "content": "<p>I encourage you to test it. </p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "I encourage you to test it.",
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      "id": "3402215",
      "postDate": "02/05/2026 13:26:54",
      "content": "<p>Hey, as a feline fan this is an interesting competetion to apply my knowledge and learn something new. My question is: What are the differences between both iterations, only the images? Is the second the only valid one or will both be run at the same time?</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "Hey, as a feline fan this is an interesting competetion to apply my knowledge and learn something new. My question is: What are the differences between both iterations, only the images? Is the second the only valid one or will both be run at the same time?",
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    {
      "id": "3403094",
      "postDate": "02/07/2026 15:35:27",
      "content": "<p>Thanks for your interest! Both competitions run at the same time. In the second round, the background is removed from all test images. This serves as a benchmark to tell how likely are models to rely on the background information. </p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "Thanks for your interest! Both competitions run at the same time. In the second round, the background is removed from all test images. This serves as a benchmark to tell how likely are models to rely on the background information.",
      "votes": null
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    {
      "id": "3404636",
      "postDate": "02/10/2026 21:34:46",
      "content": "<p>Very happy to announce its gone! Congratulations on that<img src=\"https://www.googleapis.com/download/storage/v1/b/kaggle-forum-message-attachments/o/inbox%2F4373580%2F7ffff092d2c95f1d7edc98158fc79704%2FCaptura%20de%20pantalla%202026-02-10%20153252.png?generation=1770759250029138&amp;alt=media\" alt=\"\"></p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "Very happy to announce its gone! Congratulations on that![](https://www.googleapis.com/download/storage/v1/b/kaggle-forum-message-attachments/o/inbox%2F4373580%2F7ffff092d2c95f1d7edc98158fc79704%2FCaptura%20de%20pantalla%202026-02-10%20153252.png?generation=1770759250029138&alt=media)",
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      "id": 3399985,
      "author_name": "elcientfico",
      "author_url": "",
      "post_date": "01/31/2026 16:39:06",
      "content": "<p>Hey congrats! did this solved the label leakage we had in the current competition?</p>",
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        {
          "id": 3401705,
          "author_name": "andandand",
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          "post_date": "02/04/2026 10:58:25",
          "content": "<p>I encourage you to test it. </p>",
          "votes": null,
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            {
              "id": 3404636,
              "author_name": "elcientfico",
              "author_url": "",
              "post_date": "02/10/2026 21:34:46",
              "content": "<p>Very happy to announce its gone! Congratulations on that<img src=\"https://www.googleapis.com/download/storage/v1/b/kaggle-forum-message-attachments/o/inbox%2F4373580%2F7ffff092d2c95f1d7edc98158fc79704%2FCaptura%20de%20pantalla%202026-02-10%20153252.png?generation=1770759250029138&amp;alt=media\" alt=\"\"></p>",
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      "id": 3402215,
      "author_name": "tonyhauptmann",
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      "post_date": "02/05/2026 13:26:54",
      "content": "<p>Hey, as a feline fan this is an interesting competetion to apply my knowledge and learn something new. My question is: What are the differences between both iterations, only the images? Is the second the only valid one or will both be run at the same time?</p>",
      "votes": null,
      "replies": [
        {
          "id": 3403094,
          "author_name": "andandand",
          "author_url": "",
          "post_date": "02/07/2026 15:35:27",
          "content": "<p>Thanks for your interest! Both competitions run at the same time. In the second round, the background is removed from all test images. This serves as a benchmark to tell how likely are models to rely on the background information. </p>",
          "votes": null,
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    "3399940": "Hi all! I am happy with the enthusiasm the community has shown for our competition. We have launched the next iteration. We want to compare top-performing methods with and without background information. Please join. Your contribution is valuable!\n\nhttps://www.kaggle.com/competitions/round-2-jaguar-reidentification-challenge",
    "3399985": "Hey congrats! did this solved the label leakage we had in the current competition?",
    "3401705": "I encourage you to test it.",
    "3402215": "Hey, as a feline fan this is an interesting competetion to apply my knowledge and learn something new. My question is: What are the differences between both iterations, only the images? Is the second the only valid one or will both be run at the same time?",
    "3403094": "Thanks for your interest! Both competitions run at the same time. In the second round, the background is removed from all test images. This serves as a benchmark to tell how likely are models to rely on the background information.",
    "3404636": "Very happy to announce its gone! Congratulations on that![](https://www.googleapis.com/download/storage/v1/b/kaggle-forum-message-attachments/o/inbox%2F4373580%2F7ffff092d2c95f1d7edc98158fc79704%2FCaptura%20de%20pantalla%202026-02-10%20153252.png?generation=1770759250029138&alt=media)"
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