AI model lifecycle
When models stop answering: vendor-announced retirement dates gathered in one place, with countdowns. Nobody else keeps this list.
Retiring within 90 days
OpenAI babbage-002OpenAISeptember 28, 2026in 2 daysOpenAI GPT-3.5 Turbo InstructOpenAISeptember 28, 2026in 2 daysOpenAI davinci-002OpenAISeptember 28, 2026in 2 daysAmazon Nova ReelAmazonSeptember 30, 2026in 4 daysAmazon Nova CanvasAmazonSeptember 30, 2026in 4 daysGPT-5.4 CyberOpenAIOctober 1, 2026in 5 daysQwen3-MaxAlibaba CloudOctober 10, 2026in 14 daysOpenAI o1OpenAIOctober 23, 2026in 27 daysGPT-4OpenAIOctober 23, 2026in 27 daysGPT-4.1 nanoOpenAIOctober 23, 2026in 27 daysOpenAI o3-miniOpenAIOctober 23, 2026in 27 daysGPT-4 TurboOpenAIOctober 23, 2026in 27 daysGPT-3.5 TurboOpenAIOctober 23, 2026in 27 daysOpenAI o1-proOpenAIOctober 23, 2026in 27 daysGPT Image 1OpenAIOctober 23, 2026in 27 daysOpenAI o4-miniOpenAIOctober 23, 2026in 27 daysJamba 1.5 LargeAI21 LabsNovember 26, 2026in 61 daysJamba 1.5 MiniAI21 LabsNovember 26, 2026in 61 daysGPT Image 1.5OpenAIDecember 1, 2026in 66 daysGPT Image 1 miniOpenAIDecember 1, 2026in 66 daysOpenAI chatgpt-image-latestOpenAIDecember 1, 2026in 66 daysOpenAI o3-proOpenAIDecember 11, 2026in 76 daysGPT-5OpenAIDecember 11, 2026in 76 daysGPT-5 nanoOpenAIDecember 11, 2026in 76 daysGPT-5 ProOpenAIDecember 11, 2026in 76 daysGPT-5 miniOpenAIDecember 11, 2026in 76 daysOpenAI o3OpenAIDecember 11, 2026in 76 days
Later
GPT-4o AudioOpenAIJanuary 20, 2027in 116 daysGPT-AudioOpenAIJanuary 20, 2027in 116 daysGPT-4o mini RealtimeOpenAIJanuary 20, 2027in 116 daysGPT-Realtime miniOpenAIJanuary 20, 2027in 116 daysGPT-4o RealtimeOpenAIJanuary 20, 2027in 116 daysGPT-Audio miniOpenAIJanuary 20, 2027in 116 daysGPT-4o mini AudioOpenAIJanuary 20, 2027in 116 daysGPT-RealtimeOpenAIJanuary 20, 2027in 116 daysGPT-4o Transcribe DiarizeOpenAIFebruary 26, 2027in 153 daysGPT-4o TranscribeOpenAIFebruary 26, 2027in 153 daysGPT-4o mini TranscribeOpenAIFebruary 26, 2027in 153 daysGemini 3.1 Flash-LiteGoogle DeepMindMay 7, 2027in 223 days
Already retired
Sora 2 ProOpenAISeptember 24, 2026retiredSora 2OpenAISeptember 24, 2026retiredAmazon Nova SonicAmazonSeptember 14, 2026retiredAmazon Nova PremierAmazonSeptember 14, 2026retiredMistral Medium 3.1Mistral AIAugust 31, 2026retiredMistral Medium 3Mistral AIAugust 31, 2026retiredDALL·E 3OpenAIAugust 30, 2026retiredImagen 4Google DeepMindAugust 17, 2026retiredOpenAI GPT-5.2 ChatOpenAIAugust 10, 2026retiredOpenAI GPT-5.3 ChatOpenAIAugust 10, 2026retiredClaude Opus 4.1AnthropicAugust 5, 2026retiredDevstral 2Mistral AIJuly 31, 2026retiredMagistral Medium 1.2Mistral AIJuly 31, 2026retiredMagistral Small 1.2Mistral AIJuly 31, 2026retiredMidjourney V8.0 AlphaMidjourneyJuly 24, 2026retiredGPT-5.1-CodexOpenAIJuly 23, 2026retiredGPT-5-CodexOpenAIJuly 23, 2026retiredGPT-5.1-Codex-MaxOpenAIJuly 23, 2026retiredGPT-5.1-Codex MiniOpenAIJuly 23, 2026retiredOpenAI o4-mini-deep-researchOpenAIJuly 23, 2026retiredOpenAI GPT-5 ChatOpenAIJuly 23, 2026retiredGPT-4o Search PreviewOpenAIJuly 23, 2026retiredOpenAI computer-use-previewOpenAIJuly 23, 2026retiredGPT-4o mini Search PreviewOpenAIJuly 23, 2026retiredGPT-5.2-CodexOpenAIJuly 23, 2026retiredOpenAI o3-deep-researchOpenAIJuly 23, 2026retiredOpenAI GPT-5.1 ChatOpenAIJuly 23, 2026retiredVeo 3Google DeepMindJune 30, 2026retiredLeanstralMistral AIJune 30, 2026retiredGPT-4.5OpenAIJune 26, 2026retiredClaude Sonnet 4AnthropicJune 15, 2026retiredClaude Opus 4AnthropicJune 15, 2026retiredGemini 2.0 FlashGoogle DeepMindJune 1, 2026retiredDevstral Small 1.1Mistral AIMay 31, 2026retiredPixtral LargeMistral AIMay 31, 2026retiredMistral Large 2.1Mistral AIMay 31, 2026retiredDALL·E 2OpenAIMay 12, 2026retiredClaude 3 HaikuAnthropicApril 20, 2026retiredAya Expanse 8BCohere LabsApril 4, 2026retiredAya Vision 8BCohere LabsApril 4, 2026retiredDevstral Small 2Mistral AIMarch 31, 2026retiredOpenAI GPT-4 Turbo PreviewOpenAIMarch 26, 2026retiredClaude 3.5 HaikuAnthropicFebruary 19, 2026retiredClaude 3.7 SonnetAnthropicFebruary 19, 2026retiredOpenAI ChatGPT-4oOpenAIFebruary 17, 2026retiredcodex-mini-latestOpenAIFebruary 12, 2026retiredClaude 3 OpusAnthropicJanuary 5, 2026retiredMagistral Small 1.0Mistral AINovember 30, 2025retiredDevstral Small 1.0Mistral AINovember 30, 2025retiredClaude 3.5 SonnetAnthropicOctober 28, 2025retiredOpenAI o1-miniOpenAIOctober 27, 2025retiredOpenAI text-moderationOpenAIOctober 27, 2025retiredGemini 1.5 ProGoogle DeepMindSeptember 29, 2025retiredOpenAI o1-previewOpenAIJuly 28, 2025retiredMixtral 8x7BMistral AIMarch 30, 2025retiredMixtral 8x22BMistral AIMarch 30, 2025retiredMistral 7BMistral AIMarch 30, 2025retired
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