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  "$schema": "https://modeldeprecations.dev/api/v1/schema.json",
  "provider": "cohere",
  "model": "c4ai-aya-vision-8b",
  "name": "Aya Vision 8B",
  "aliases": [],
  "description": "The compact multilingual vision model from Cohere Labs, answering questions about images in 23 languages at a size you could actually deploy. Retired 4 April 2026 with no notice, and the replacements Cohere names for it are text models - the only vision-capable Aya left is the 32B.",
  "deprecated_on": "2026-04-04",
  "shutdown_on": "2026-04-04",
  "status": "retired",
  "replacements": [
    {
      "provider": "cohere",
      "model": "c4ai-aya-vision-32b",
      "recommended": false,
      "note": "Cohere's notice points at command-a-03-2025 and command-a-reasoning-08-2025, neither of which takes images. If you need vision, the 32B Aya or command-a-vision-07-2025 are the real options.",
      "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"
}