Cohere Unveils Command R-08-2024 Models with Enhanced Efficiency and Safety Features

Cohere has updated its Command R and Command R+ text-generation models, now accessible as command-r-08-2024 via the API. Key enhancements include: Improved Tool Use: Better decision-making for using tools.Enhanced Instruction Following: More accurate adherence to user instructions. Better Data Handling: Improved capabilities for manipulating structured data. Increased Prompt Robustness: More resilient to changes in whitespace and formatting.Smart Question Handling: Ability to decline unanswerable questions and execute RAG workflows without citations. The new models deliver 50% higher throughput, 20% lower latency, and require half the hardware of previous versions. They also feature multiple safety modes, offering developers greater control over output generation in various contexts.

Source: cohere.com, August 2024