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We wrote about the implications of the model in a separate post. Aside from that, the model is different from other models and cannot be a drop-in replacement for Llama or Qwen in typical pipelines. It can be used as a substitute for o4-mini-like tasks when given appropriate tools - a reasoning engine with limited world knowledge. While the scores suggest a strong multilingual model, it fell short in our usage, with others on social media reporting similar experiences.

The new default automatic speech recognition model. It's great that OpenAI can release it.