Cohere launches new compact AI language model Command R7B

AI company Cohere has introduced Command R7B, a new compact language model designed for enterprise applications. According to VentureBeat reporter Taryn Plumb, the model supports 23 languages and specializes in retrieval-augmented generation (RAG). Command R7B outperforms similar-sized models from competitors like Google, Meta, and Mistral in mathematics and coding tasks. The model features a 128K … Read more

Cohere launches multilingual enterprise search model Rerank 3.5

AI company Cohere has released a new enterprise search model that can process queries in over 100 languages, as reported by Michael Nuñez. The system shows significant improvements over traditional search methods, with internal testing showing 23.4% better performance than hybrid search systems in financial services applications. Using a technique called “cross-encoding,” the model can … Read more

Companies advised to start small with multimodal RAG implementation

Multimodal retrieval augmented generation (RAG) systems are gaining traction as tools to process multiple data types, including text, images, and videos. According to Emilia David’s article on VentureBeat, embedding service providers recommend a cautious approach to implementation. Cohere, which recently updated its Embed 3 model, emphasizes the importance of thorough data preparation and initial testing … Read more

Cohere Aya Expanse is a highly performant multilingual model family

Cohere For AI has released Aya Expanse, a family of highly performant multilingual models that, according to Cohere, excel across 23 languages and outperform other leading open-weights models. The models, available in 8 and 32 billion parameters, are part of Cohere’s commitment to multilingual research and expanding high-quality coverage of languages in large language models … Read more

Cohere’s Embed 3 now searches for images

AI company Cohere has added multimodal capabilities to its Embed 3 embedding model, allowing images to be included in RAG-based company searches. This is reported by Emilia David for VentureBeat. The new version can create embeddings for both images and text, with both formats stored in a unified database. According to Cohere, this allows companies … Read more

Cohere Aya 23 is multilingual

Cohere for AI releases the Aya 23 multilingual AI models with support for 23 languages and open weights. The models outperform its predecessor, Aya 101, and other open models on a variety of tasks, enabling researchers and practitioners to further develop the multilingual models and applications.

Command-R is a new language model specifically for enterprise use

Startup Cohere is targeting the enterprise market. Its Command-R model wants to impress with its flexibility. It includes a large context window of 128,000 tokens, and it can access external information via RAG. Source: VentureBeat

Cohere Aya speaks 101 languages

The nonprofit Cohere for AI has unveiled its large language model Aya, which can speak 101 languages – more than twice as many as other AI tools. Sources: VentureBeat, Cohere