Obituaries · Cohere
c4ai-aya-expanse-8b, ?–2026
Cohere model switched off
c4ai-aya-expanse-8b passed away on April 4, 2026, by scheduled deprecation, in a data center it never saw. It answered questions, wrote emails and was blamed for both. Requests addressed to it are expected to come back unanswered.
Its work passes to command-a-03-2025 or command-r7b-12-2024, which the family describes as 'recommended'.
| Model ID | c4ai-aya-expanse-8b |
|---|---|
| Provider | Cohere deprecations page |
| Shut down | April 4, 2026 |
| Successor | command-a-03-2025 or command-r7b-12-2024 |
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