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What AI models does Whisper use?
Whisper runs on gpt-transcribe (OpenAI), Whisper (OpenAI), Whisper large-v3 (OpenAI) and whisper-1 (OpenAI), and routes requests between them.
- Models used
- 4
- Primary model
- gpt-transcribe
- Public API
- Yes
- Last checked
- 2026-09-08
Model claims are labelled by how we know them: gpt-transcribe — disclosed, Whisper — disclosed, Whisper large-v3 — disclosed and whisper-1 — inferred. "Disclosed" means the vendor says so in public; "inferred" means it was derived from documentation, headers or release notes.
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Other stack signals: PyTorch, whisper.cpp and Transformers.
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Tomorrow. “What AI models does Whisper use?” Tomorrow AI & Emerging Tech Index, AlienSquad, updated 2026-09-08. https://tomorrow.aliensquad.ai/q/what-models-does-whisper-use
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