Obituaries · Cohere
c4ai-aya-vision-8b, ?–2026
Cohere model switched off
c4ai-aya-vision-8b, a Cohere model that answered questions, wrote emails and was blamed for both, was switched off on April 4, 2026. Code that still calls it will find out the hard way.
Survived by command-a-03-2025 or command-r7b-12-2024, younger, cheaper, and named in the same documentation table.
| Model ID | c4ai-aya-vision-8b |
|---|---|
| Provider | Cohere deprecations page |
| Shut down | April 4, 2026 |
| Successor | command-a-03-2025 or command-r7b-12-2024 |
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