chore(deps): update transformers requirement

Updates the requirements on [transformers](https://github.com/huggingface/transformers) to permit the latest version.
- [Release notes](https://github.com/huggingface/transformers/releases)
- [Commits](https://github.com/huggingface/transformers/compare/v5.17.0...v5.18.0)

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updated-dependencies:
- dependency-name: transformers
  dependency-version: 5.18.0
  dependency-type: direct:production
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Signed-off-by: dependabot[bot] <support@github.com>
(cherry picked from commit 63ad641f2a)
Signed-off-by: Ettore Di Giacinto <mudler@localai.io>
Assisted-by: Claude:claude-sonnet-5-5 gh git

backend/python/transformers/requirements-cpu.txt

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ torch==2.7.1
 llvmlite==0.49.0
 numba==0.67.0
 accelerate
-transformers>=5.17.0
+transformers>=5.18.0
 bitsandbytes
 sentence-transformers==6.1.0
 diffusers

backend/python/transformers/requirements-cublas12.txt

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ torch==2.7.1
 accelerate
 llvmlite==0.49.0
 numba==0.67.0
-transformers>=5.17.0
+transformers>=5.18.0
 bitsandbytes
 sentence-transformers==6.1.0
 diffusers

backend/python/transformers/requirements-cublas13.txt

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 torch==2.9.0
 llvmlite==0.49.0
 numba==0.67.0
-transformers>=5.17.0
+transformers>=5.18.0
 bitsandbytes
 sentence-transformers==6.1.0
 diffusers

backend/python/transformers/requirements-hipblas.txt

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 --extra-index-url https://download.pytorch.org/whl/rocm7.0
 torch==2.10.0+rocm7.0
 accelerate
-transformers>=5.17.0
+transformers>=5.18.0
 llvmlite==0.49.0
 numba==0.67.0
 bitsandbytes

backend/python/transformers/requirements-intel.txt

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ torch
 optimum[openvino]
 llvmlite==0.49.0
 numba==0.67.0
-transformers>=5.17.0
+transformers>=5.18.0
 bitsandbytes
 sentence-transformers==6.1.0
 diffusers

backend/python/transformers/requirements-mps.txt

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ torch==2.7.1
 llvmlite==0.49.0
 numba==0.67.0
 accelerate
-transformers>=5.17.0
+transformers>=5.18.0
 bitsandbytes
 sentence-transformers==6.1.0
 diffusers