# Whisper Large

Whisper Large is a model from OpenAI with open weights, first recorded on 7 Oct 2026; its release date is not established.

- Developer: OpenAI
- Id: openai/whisper-large
- Sighting: 2026-10-07T19:43:47.698Z
  - [evidence link](https://console.cloud.google.com/vertex-ai/publishers/openai/model-garden/whisper-large)
- Status: Released
- Weights version: 2023-08-23
  - [evidence link](https://huggingface.co/api/models/openai/whisper-large/paths-info/4ef9b41f0d4fe232daafdb5f76bb1dd8b23e01d7)
- Canonical: https://alexgetman.com/models/openai/whisper-large/

## Questions

### Are the weights of Whisper Large publicly available?

Yes. OpenAI publishes the weights.

### When was Whisper Large released?

Its release date is not established. Signal Forge first recorded it on 7 Oct 2026.

## Evidence links

- [vertex-model-garden](https://console.cloud.google.com/vertex-ai/publishers/openai/model-garden/whisper-large)
- [hf-author-artifacts:openai](https://huggingface.co/api/models/openai/whisper-large/paths-info/4ef9b41f0d4fe232daafdb5f76bb1dd8b23e01d7)
- [huggingface:openai](https://huggingface.co/openai/whisper-large)

## Signals