Cohere releases open source model that tops speech recognition benchmarks

THE DECODER / 3/28/2026

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Key Points

  • Cohere has released a new open-source speech recognition model and claims it achieves the best results on relevant benchmarks.
  • The model reportedly outperforms existing competitors, including OpenAI’s Whisper, on the benchmark used in the report.
  • The release positions Cohere’s model as a new baseline option for developers seeking high-performing, auditable speech-to-text capabilities.
  • By making the model open source, Cohere enables easier experimentation, fine-tuning, and integration into downstream applications and pipelines.

Cohere presents an open-source speech recognition model which, according to the benchmark, beats all competitors, including OpenAI's Whisper.

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