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tensorflow_datasets.load('cats_vs_dogs') not working !

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Description

Code NOT WORKING
# load dataset module 
import tensorflow_datasets as tfds
# make downloading progress bar dissable 
tfds.disable_progress_bar()
# download data - cats vs dogs 
_=tfds.load('cats_vs_dogs',            # dataset name 
            as_supervised=False,       # include labels - False
          )

ERROR: -> DownloadError: Failed to get url https://download.microsoft.com/download/3/E/1/3E1C3F21-ECDB-4869-8368-6DEBA77B919F/kagglecatsanddogs_3367a.zip. HTTP code: 404.

Environment - Google Colab

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Reproduce the failure in Google Colab using the shown tfds.load('cats_vs_dogs') call and inspect how this dataset's download URL is defined. Confirm the source or URL that should be used, then verify that the dataset loads successfully without the reported 404 error.

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python, tensorflow
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Issue type
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