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 ## News
 
+- 11-05-2023: __1.9.0__ released! 🔥 Important whisper updates ( https://github.com/go-skynet/LocalAI/pull/233 https://github.com/go-skynet/LocalAI/pull/229 ) and extended gpt4all model families support ( https://github.com/go-skynet/LocalAI/pull/232 ). Redpajama/dolly experimental ( https://github.com/go-skynet/LocalAI/pull/214 )
 - 10-05-2023: __1.8.0__ released! 🔥 Added support for fast and accurate embeddings with `bert.cpp` ( https://github.com/go-skynet/LocalAI/pull/222 )
 - 09-05-2023: Added experimental support for transcriptions endpoint ( https://github.com/go-skynet/LocalAI/pull/211 )
 - 08-05-2023: Support for embeddings with models using the `llama.cpp` backend ( https://github.com/go-skynet/LocalAI/pull/207 )