🌍 #CohereForAI introduces #Aya, a groundbreaking #MultilingualAI research initiative
🤝 3,000+ independent researchers from 119 countries collaborating on advancing language accessibility in #AI
📚 Key achievements:
• 513M dataset covering 101 languages
• 204K original human annotations
• Three #opensource models: Aya-101, Aya Expanse 8B & 32B
• Supporting previously underserved languages
🔬 Research highlights:
• State-of-the-art performance in multilingual benchmarks
• Complete dataset and model weights openly available on #HuggingFace
• Focus on natural language understanding, summarization, and translation
⚡️ Project scope:
• 250+ language ambassadors
• 81K Discord messages
• Comprehensive research papers and technical documentation
• Named after "fern" in Twi language, symbolizing endurance