[Python] ImportError: cannot import name 'Iterator' from 'typing_extensions'...

I'm facing the following issue on Azure Databricks when trying to import from openai import OpenAI after installing openai.

Here's the error:

ImportError: cannot import name 'Iterator' from 'typing_extensions' (/databricks/python/lib/python3.10/site-packages/typing_extensions.py)


I looked up similar issues and found that using --force-reinstall like this:

pip install --force-reinstall typing-extensions==4.5
pip install --force-reinstall openai==1.8


Worked for some users. However, it did not work in my case.

How do I resolve this?

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