Obituaries · Cohere
command-r, 2024–2025
Retired by Cohere
Cohere has confirmed the retirement of command-r, effective September 15, 2025, aged 1 year and 6 months. 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, which the family describes as 'recommended'.
| Model ID | command-r |
|---|---|
| Provider | Cohere deprecations page |
| Born | March 11, 2024 |
| Shut down | September 15, 2025 |
| Successor | command-a-03-2025 |
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