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  "$schema": "https://modeldeprecations.dev/api/v1/schema.json",
  "provider": "cohere",
  "model": "c4ai-aya-expanse-8b",
  "name": "Aya Expanse 8B",
  "aliases": [],
  "description": "The small half of Cohere Labs' 23-language Aya Expanse release, and a model a lot of people picked precisely because 8B was the size they could self-host. It was retired on 4 April 2026, the same day it was announced. The 32B version survives; this one does not.",
  "deprecated_on": "2026-04-04",
  "shutdown_on": "2026-04-04",
  "status": "retired",
  "replacements": [
    {
      "provider": "cohere",
      "model": "command-a-03-2025",
      "recommended": true,
      "note": "Cohere names command-a-03-2025 and command-a-reasoning-08-2025, both far larger than 8B. If size was the point, command-r7b-12-2024 is the nearest supported model.",
      "external": false
    }
  ],
  "sources": [
    {
      "url": "https://docs.cohere.com/docs/deprecations",
      "title": "Cohere deprecations",
      "accessed": "2026-08-03"
    }
  ],
  "last_verified": "2026-08-03",
  "computed_status": "retired",
  "asOf": "2026-08-03"
}