Update/change python build backend

[ben300694]

• Update project to use the uv build backend
• Remove unnecessary dependencies and update others

[Copilot]

Pull Request Overview

Updates the project's build system from hatchling to uv build backend and refines dependency constraints for better compatibility.

• Switch from hatchling to uv_build as the build backend
• Update Python version constraint from ~=3.12 to >=3.12.0,<3.13 for more explicit version control
• Replace torch dependencies with specific version range (2.3-2.4) to address HPC cluster compatibility

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