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Aya-23-8B
Aya-23-8B is an AI model made by Cohere. Cohere released it on 23 May 2024. It takes text and returns text. Its context window is 8,192 tokens.
Aya-23-8B is an AI model made by Cohere. Cohere released it on 23 May 2024. It takes text and returns text. Its context window is 8,192 tokens. Its weights are open. Its licence is CC-BY-NC.
- Released
- 23 May 2024 — cohere.com, read 16 October 2026
- Status
- Not confirmed: The model card calls Aya 23 an older version, but does not assign a lifecycle status; Cohere's documentation does not list Aya-23-8B as deprecated or retired.
- Takes
- Text — huggingface.co, read 16 October 2026
- Returns
- Text — huggingface.co, read 16 October 2026
- Open weights
- Yes — cohere.com, read 16 October 2026
- Licence
- CC-BY-NC — huggingface.co, read 16 October 2026
- Context window
- 8,192 tokens — huggingface.co, read 16 October 2026
- Longest answer
- Not confirmed: The model card and technical report do not print a standard maximum output-token limit.
- Knowledge cutoff
- Not confirmed: The model card and technical report do not state a knowledge-cutoff date for Aya-23-8B.
- API price, input
- Not confirmed: Cohere's pricing page lists prices for Aya Expanse, but does not print an API input price for Aya-23-8B.
- API price, output
- Not confirmed: Cohere's pricing page lists prices for Aya Expanse, but does not print an API output price for Aya-23-8B.
- Where
- Downloadable weights — cohere.com, read 16 October 2026
- Parameters
- 8,000,000,000 — huggingface.co, read 16 October 2026
- Model card
- https://huggingface.co/CohereLabs/aya-23-8B — cohere.com, read 16 October 2026
Questions
When was Aya-23-8B released?
Cohere released Aya-23-8B on 23 May 2024.
What is the context window of Aya-23-8B?
The context window of Aya-23-8B is 8,192 tokens, as Cohere prints it.
Are the weights of Aya-23-8B open?
Yes: Cohere publishes the weights of Aya-23-8B for download.
What is the licence of Aya-23-8B?
The licence of Aya-23-8B is CC-BY-NC, as Cohere names it.
What does Aya-23-8B take and return?
Aya-23-8B takes text and returns text.
How many parameters does Aya-23-8B have?
Aya-23-8B has 8,000,000,000 parameters, as Cohere publishes it.
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- base
- base-light
- Cohere Transcribe
- Command
- Command A
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- Command A Translate
- Command A Vision
- Command Light
- Command R
- Command R7B
- North Mini Code
- North Small Translate
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- Tiny Aya Global
- Tiny Aya Water
Sources
- C4AI Launches Aya 23, 8B and 35B Parameter Open Weights Release (read 16 October 2026)
- Aya 23: Open Weight Releases to Further Multilingual Progress (read 16 October 2026)
- Model Card for Aya-23-8B (read 16 October 2026)
- Deprecations (read 16 October 2026)
- Pricing (read 16 October 2026)