release: Bump to v1.8.0b1 with updated author metadata

Author: GeneAI

empathy_llm_toolkit/__init__.py

@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 from .providers import AnthropicProvider, LocalProvider, OpenAIProvider
 from .state import CollaborationState, UserPattern
 
-__version__ = "1.8.0b0"
+__version__ = "1.8.0b1"
 
 __all__ = [
     "EmpathyLLM",

pyproject.toml

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
 
 [project]
 name = "empathy-framework"
-version = "1.8.0b0"
+version = "1.8.0b1"
 description = "A five-level maturity model for AI-human collaboration with anticipatory empathy"
 readme = {file = "README.md", content-type = "text/markdown"}
 requires-python = ">=3.10"