Model Tracker
base-light
base-light is an AI model made by Cohere. It takes text and returns text.
- Released
- Not confirmed: The naming changelog dates the name change to April 26, 2023, but does not date the model's first availability. The reviewed model overview does not provide a release date for base-light.
- Status
- Not confirmed: Cohere's Deprecations page defines lifecycle labels but does not assign one to base-light. Its absence from the current model overview does not establish its current status.
- Takes
- Text — docs.cohere.com, read 16 October 2026
- Returns
- Text — docs.cohere.com, read 16 October 2026
- Open weights
- Not confirmed: The reviewed Cohere pages do not state whether base-light's weights are open.
- Licence
- Not confirmed: The reviewed Cohere pages do not name a licence for base-light.
- Context window
- Not confirmed: The current model overview does not list base-light or state its context window; the Generate reference does not provide a standard context-window figure for this model.
- Longest answer
- Not confirmed: The Generate reference documents a configurable max_tokens parameter, not a standard maximum output limit for base-light.
- Knowledge cutoff
- Not confirmed: The reviewed Cohere pages do not state a knowledge cutoff for base-light.
- API price, input
- Not confirmed: Cohere's pricing page does not state a standard API input-token price for base-light.
- API price, output
- Not confirmed: Cohere's pricing page does not state a standard API output-token price for base-light.
- Where
- Not confirmed: The naming changelog says base-light could be called via the API and SDK as of April 26, 2023, but does not confirm its availability today. The current model overview does not list it.
- Parameters
- Not confirmed: The reviewed Cohere pages do not publish a parameter count for base-light.
- Model card
- Not confirmed: No Cohere model card for base-light was identified in the reviewed official documentation.
Questions
What does base-light take and return?
base-light takes text and returns text.
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Sources
- Cohere Model Names Are Changing! (read 16 October 2026)
- Generate (read 16 October 2026)
- Deprecations (read 16 October 2026)
- An Overview of Cohere's Models (read 16 October 2026)
- Pricing (read 16 October 2026)