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Aya 23

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Aya 23 is a family of multilingual open-weights language models from Cohere For AI, released on 23 May 2024 in 8-billion and 35-billion-parameter sizes under CC-BY-NC. The text-only models cover 23 languages with an 8,192-token context and pair a pre-trained Command-family model with the Aya data collection; Cohere says they aim at depth rather than breadth. [1] [2] [3] Primary source

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  • Released The blog post metadata gives 2024-05-22T20:18-04:00; the page shows May 23, 2024. Primary source[1]page date [4]citation date
  • Status AvailableOpen weights downloadable from Cohere Labs on Hugging Face (gated: accept conditions); not offered as a hosted API model on the current models overview. Primary source[2] [3]
  • Successor of Aya 101The launch post says the Aya 23 family builds on Aya: Aya 101 focused on breadth, Aya 23 on depth. Primary source[1]second paragraph
  • Change · Languages Covers 23 languages instead of 101, which Cohere presents as a shift from breadth to depth.Compared with Aya 101 Primary source[1]
  • Change · Licensing Weights licensed CC-BY-NC, whereas Aya 101 was released under Apache 2.0.Compared with Aya 101 Primary source[2] [5]
  • Change · Architecture Built on a pre-trained model from the Command family rather than on the mT5-XXL architecture used for Aya 101.Compared with Aya 101 Primary source[3] [5]
  • Change · Size Released in two sizes, 8B and 35B, against a single 13B model for Aya 101.Compared with Aya 101 Primary source[1] [5]
  • Input text Primary source[2]Model Details [3]Model Details
  • Output text Primary source[2]Model Details [3]Model Details
  • Feature MultilingualServes 23 languages. Primary source[1] [2]Model Summary
  • Open weights YesOpen weights under CC-BY-NC 4.0. Primary source[1]first paragraph [2] [3]
  • Context window 8192 tokens Primary source[2]Model Details [3]Model Details
  • Access Open-weights downloadA hosted demo was offered as a Hugging Face Space. Primary source[1] [2] [3]

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Aya 23 8B

Same dates as Aya 23.

  • Variant Inline variant in this record. Primary source[2] [1]

Also known as: aya-23-8B, Aya-23-8B

Differs in:

  • Parameters: 8 billion Evidence not assessed [2]Model Summary

Aya 23 35B

Same dates as Aya 23.

  • Variant Inline variant in this record. Primary source[3] [1]

Also known as: aya-23-35B, Aya-23-35B

Differs in:

  • Parameters: 35 billion Evidence not assessed [3]Model Summary

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