Whisper
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Overview
Automatic speech recognition. 99 languages. Open-source. Widely deployed.
Details
- Vendor
- OpenAI
- Type
- Speech Recognition
- Release year
- 2022
- Jurisdiction
- USA
- CEO
- Sam Altman
- Key staffers
- Sam Altman (CEO), Greg Brockman (President), Jakub Pachocki (Chief Scientist)
- Deployment
- Cloud + Local (open weights)
- Open source
- Yes
- Free tier
- No
- Subscription
- API: $0.006/min
- Stock status
- Private (~$852B valuation, Mar 2026)
- X
- @OpenAI
Capabilities
Dictation
AIDb Rating
AIDb v2.0 (curated): Capability 6/10 · Currency 6/10 · Access 5/10 · Significance 9/10 → 6.30
Safety notes
Hallucinations in transcription (fabricated text in silence).
Last verified 2026-06-11 · Primary source ↗
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“Whisper.” AIDb — The AI Database. Verified 2026-06-11. https://theaidatabase.com/m/openai-whisper.html
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