Re:OpenAI Audio Models
by jeffharris on Thursday March 20, 2025 @03:23PM
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not open source at this time. unfortunately they're much to large to run on normal consumer hardware
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Is that the reason you're not open sourcing them? Wouldn't it still make sense to provide it for enthusiasts?
They're not open sourcing it because it's just gpt. Both of the new models are gpt-4o(-mini?) with presumably different fine-tuning. They're obviously not going to open source their flagship gpt models.
with devices having unified memory now we are no longer limited to what can fit inside of a 3090 anymore. consumer hardware can have hundreds of gigabytes of memory now, is it really not able to fit in that?
I guess you are aware of this, but just in case: some of us rely on dictation in our daily computer usage (think people with disabilities or pain problems). A MacBook Pro with M4 Max and 64GB of RAM could easily run something much larger than Whisper Large (around 3GB).
I would love a larger, better Whisper for use in the MacWhisper dictation app.