<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" standalone="yes"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"><channel><title>AI model retirements (OpenAI, Claude, Gemini API)</title><link>https://aiengineerguide.com/tools/model-retirements/</link><description>New model deprecation announcements and shutdown date changes from the official OpenAI, Anthropic and Gemini API pages.</description><language>en-us</language><lastBuildDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2026 17:47:03 +0000</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://aiengineerguide.com/tools/model-retirements/feed.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title>Gemini Embedding 001 (gemini-embedding-001) retires May 14, 2028</title><link>https://aiengineerguide.com/tools/model-retirements/gemini-embedding-001/</link><guid isPermaLink="false">gemini-embedding-001-announced-2026-11-02</guid><pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2026 00:00:00 +0530</pubDate><category>Gemini API</category><description>&lt;p>Gemini Embedding 001 (&lt;code>gemini-embedding-001&lt;/code>) on the Gemini API: shutdown May 14, 2028 (earliest possible date).&lt;/p>&lt;p>Recommended replacement: gemini-embedding-2.&lt;/p>&lt;p>&lt;a href="https://aiengineerguide.com/tools/model-retirements/gemini-embedding-001/">Days left, replacement and migration checklist&lt;/a> · &lt;a href="https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/deprecations">Official source&lt;/a>&lt;/p></description></item><item><title>Gemini 3.1 Flash TTS Preview (gemini-3.1-flash-tts-preview) retires November 17, 2026</title><link>https://aiengineerguide.com/tools/model-retirements/gemini-3-1-flash-tts-preview/</link><guid isPermaLink="false">gemini-3-1-flash-tts-preview-announced-2026-11-02</guid><pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2026 00:00:00 +0530</pubDate><category>Gemini API</category><description>&lt;p>Gemini 3.1 Flash TTS Preview (&lt;code>gemini-3.1-flash-tts-preview&lt;/code>) on the Gemini API: shutdown November 17, 2026 (earliest possible date).&lt;/p>&lt;p>Recommended replacement: gemini-3.8-flash-tts or gemini-3.8-flash-lite-tts.&lt;/p>&lt;p>&lt;a href="https://aiengineerguide.com/tools/model-retirements/gemini-3-1-flash-tts-preview/">Days left, replacement and migration checklist&lt;/a> · &lt;a href="https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/deprecations">Official source&lt;/a>&lt;/p></description></item><item><title>Gemini 3.1 Flash Live Preview (gemini-3.1-flash-live-preview) retires November 17, 2026</title><link>https://aiengineerguide.com/tools/model-retirements/gemini-3-1-flash-live-preview/</link><guid isPermaLink="false">gemini-3-1-flash-live-preview-announced-2026-11-02</guid><pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2026 00:00:00 +0530</pubDate><category>Gemini API</category><description>&lt;p>Gemini 3.1 Flash Live Preview (&lt;code>gemini-3.1-flash-live-preview&lt;/code>) on the Gemini API: shutdown November 17, 2026 (earliest possible date).&lt;/p>&lt;p>Recommended replacement: gemini-3.8-live.&lt;/p>&lt;p>&lt;a href="https://aiengineerguide.com/tools/model-retirements/gemini-3-1-flash-live-preview/">Days left, replacement and migration checklist&lt;/a> · &lt;a href="https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/deprecations">Official source&lt;/a>&lt;/p></description></item><item><title>Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite (gemini-3.1-flash-lite) retires May 7, 2027</title><link>https://aiengineerguide.com/tools/model-retirements/gemini-3-1-flash-lite/</link><guid isPermaLink="false">gemini-3-1-flash-lite-announced-2026-11-02</guid><pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2026 00:00:00 +0530</pubDate><category>Gemini API</category><description>&lt;p>Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite (&lt;code>gemini-3.1-flash-lite&lt;/code>) on the Gemini API: shutdown May 7, 2027 (earliest possible date).&lt;/p>&lt;p>Recommended replacement: gemini-3.5-flash-lite.&lt;/p>&lt;p>&lt;a href="https://aiengineerguide.com/tools/model-retirements/gemini-3-1-flash-lite/">Days left, replacement and migration checklist&lt;/a> · &lt;a href="https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/deprecations">Official source&lt;/a>&lt;/p></description></item><item><title>Gemini 2.5 Pro Preview TTS (gemini-2.5-pro-preview-tts) retires November 17, 2026</title><link>https://aiengineerguide.com/tools/model-retirements/gemini-2-5-pro-preview-tts/</link><guid isPermaLink="false">gemini-2-5-pro-preview-tts-announced-2026-11-02</guid><pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2026 00:00:00 +0530</pubDate><category>Gemini API</category><description>&lt;p>Gemini 2.5 Pro Preview TTS (&lt;code>gemini-2.5-pro-preview-tts&lt;/code>) on the Gemini API: shutdown November 17, 2026 (earliest possible date).&lt;/p>&lt;p>Recommended replacement: gemini-3.8-flash-tts or gemini-3.8-flash-lite-tts.&lt;/p>&lt;p>&lt;a href="https://aiengineerguide.com/tools/model-retirements/gemini-2-5-pro-preview-tts/">Days left, replacement and migration checklist&lt;/a> · &lt;a href="https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/deprecations">Official source&lt;/a>&lt;/p></description></item><item><title>Gemini 2.5 Flash Preview TTS (gemini-2.5-flash-preview-tts) retires November 17, 2026</title><link>https://aiengineerguide.com/tools/model-retirements/gemini-2-5-flash-preview-tts/</link><guid isPermaLink="false">gemini-2-5-flash-preview-tts-announced-2026-11-02</guid><pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2026 00:00:00 +0530</pubDate><category>Gemini API</category><description>&lt;p>Gemini 2.5 Flash Preview TTS (&lt;code>gemini-2.5-flash-preview-tts&lt;/code>) on the Gemini API: shutdown November 17, 2026 (earliest possible date).&lt;/p>&lt;p>Recommended replacement: gemini-3.8-flash-tts or gemini-3.8-flash-lite-tts.&lt;/p>&lt;p>&lt;a href="https://aiengineerguide.com/tools/model-retirements/gemini-2-5-flash-preview-tts/">Days left, replacement and migration checklist&lt;/a> · &lt;a href="https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/deprecations">Official source&lt;/a>&lt;/p></description></item><item><title>Gemini 2.5 Flash Native Audio Preview 12 2025 (gemini-2.5-flash-native-audio-preview-12-2025) retires November 17, 2026</title><link>https://aiengineerguide.com/tools/model-retirements/gemini-2-5-flash-native-audio-preview-12-2025/</link><guid isPermaLink="false">gemini-2-5-flash-native-audio-preview-12-2025-announced-2026-11-02</guid><pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2026 00:00:00 +0530</pubDate><category>Gemini API</category><description>&lt;p>Gemini 2.5 Flash Native Audio Preview 12 2025 (&lt;code>gemini-2.5-flash-native-audio-preview-12-2025&lt;/code>) on the Gemini API: shutdown November 17, 2026 (earliest possible date).&lt;/p>&lt;p>Recommended replacement: gemini-3.8-live.&lt;/p>&lt;p>&lt;a href="https://aiengineerguide.com/tools/model-retirements/gemini-2-5-flash-native-audio-preview-12-2025/">Days left, replacement and migration checklist&lt;/a> · &lt;a href="https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/deprecations">Official source&lt;/a>&lt;/p></description></item><item><title>Gemini 2.5 Flash Image (gemini-2.5-flash-image) retires March 15, 2027</title><link>https://aiengineerguide.com/tools/model-retirements/gemini-2-5-flash-image/</link><guid isPermaLink="false">gemini-2-5-flash-image-announced-2026-11-02</guid><pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2026 00:00:00 +0530</pubDate><category>Gemini API</category><description>&lt;p>Gemini 2.5 Flash Image (&lt;code>gemini-2.5-flash-image&lt;/code>) on the Gemini API: shutdown March 15, 2027 (earliest possible date).&lt;/p>&lt;p>Recommended replacement: gemini-3.1-flash-lite-image.&lt;/p>&lt;p>&lt;a href="https://aiengineerguide.com/tools/model-retirements/gemini-2-5-flash-image/">Days left, replacement and migration checklist&lt;/a> · &lt;a href="https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/deprecations">Official source&lt;/a>&lt;/p></description></item><item><title>GPT-4o mini (gpt-4o-mini-2024-07-18) retires January 14, 2027</title><link>https://aiengineerguide.com/tools/model-retirements/gpt-4o-mini/</link><guid isPermaLink="false">gpt-4o-mini-announced-2026-10-14</guid><pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0530</pubDate><category>OpenAI</category><description>&lt;p>GPT-4o mini (&lt;code>gpt-4o-mini-2024-07-18&lt;/code>) on the OpenAI: shutdown January 14, 2027.&lt;/p>&lt;p>Recommended replacement: gpt-6-luna.&lt;/p>&lt;p>&lt;a href="https://aiengineerguide.com/tools/model-retirements/gpt-4o-mini/">Days left, replacement and migration checklist&lt;/a> · &lt;a href="https://developers.openai.com/api/docs/deprecations">Official source&lt;/a>&lt;/p></description></item><item><title>GPT-4o (gpt-4o-2024-08-06) retires January 14, 2027</title><link>https://aiengineerguide.com/tools/model-retirements/gpt-4o/</link><guid isPermaLink="false">gpt-4o-announced-2026-10-14</guid><pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0530</pubDate><category>OpenAI</category><description>&lt;p>GPT-4o (&lt;code>gpt-4o-2024-08-06&lt;/code>, &lt;code>gpt-4o-2024-11-20&lt;/code>) on the OpenAI: shutdown January 14, 2027.&lt;/p>&lt;p>Recommended replacement: gpt-6-luna.&lt;/p>&lt;p>&lt;a href="https://aiengineerguide.com/tools/model-retirements/gpt-4o/">Days left, replacement and migration checklist&lt;/a> · &lt;a href="https://developers.openai.com/api/docs/deprecations">Official source&lt;/a>&lt;/p></description></item><item><title>GPT-4.1 mini (gpt-4.1-mini-2025-04-14) retires January 14, 2027</title><link>https://aiengineerguide.com/tools/model-retirements/gpt-4-1-mini/</link><guid isPermaLink="false">gpt-4-1-mini-announced-2026-10-14</guid><pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0530</pubDate><category>OpenAI</category><description>&lt;p>GPT-4.1 mini (&lt;code>gpt-4.1-mini-2025-04-14&lt;/code>) on the OpenAI: shutdown January 14, 2027.&lt;/p>&lt;p>Recommended replacement: gpt-6-luna.&lt;/p>&lt;p>&lt;a href="https://aiengineerguide.com/tools/model-retirements/gpt-4-1-mini/">Days left, replacement and migration checklist&lt;/a> · &lt;a href="https://developers.openai.com/api/docs/deprecations">Official source&lt;/a>&lt;/p></description></item><item><title>GPT-4.1 (gpt-4.1-2025-04-14) retires January 14, 2027</title><link>https://aiengineerguide.com/tools/model-retirements/gpt-4-1/</link><guid isPermaLink="false">gpt-4-1-announced-2026-10-14</guid><pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0530</pubDate><category>OpenAI</category><description>&lt;p>GPT-4.1 (&lt;code>gpt-4.1-2025-04-14&lt;/code>) on the OpenAI: shutdown January 14, 2027.&lt;/p>&lt;p>Recommended replacement: gpt-6-luna.&lt;/p>&lt;p>&lt;a href="https://aiengineerguide.com/tools/model-retirements/gpt-4-1/">Days left, replacement and migration checklist&lt;/a> · &lt;a href="https://developers.openai.com/api/docs/deprecations">Official source&lt;/a>&lt;/p></description></item><item><title>tts-1-hd (tts-1-hd) retires January 6, 2027</title><link>https://aiengineerguide.com/tools/model-retirements/tts-1-hd/</link><guid isPermaLink="false">tts-1-hd-announced-2026-10-01</guid><pubDate>Thu, 01 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0530</pubDate><category>OpenAI</category><description>&lt;p>tts-1-hd (&lt;code>tts-1-hd&lt;/code>) on the OpenAI: shutdown January 6, 2027.&lt;/p>&lt;p>Recommended replacement: gpt-realtime-2.1-mini.&lt;/p>&lt;p>&lt;a href="https://aiengineerguide.com/tools/model-retirements/tts-1-hd/">Days left, replacement and migration checklist&lt;/a> · &lt;a href="https://developers.openai.com/api/docs/deprecations">Official source&lt;/a>&lt;/p></description></item><item><title>tts-1 (tts-1) retires January 6, 2027</title><link>https://aiengineerguide.com/tools/model-retirements/tts-1/</link><guid isPermaLink="false">tts-1-announced-2026-10-01</guid><pubDate>Thu, 01 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0530</pubDate><category>OpenAI</category><description>&lt;p>tts-1 (&lt;code>tts-1&lt;/code>) on the OpenAI: shutdown January 6, 2027.&lt;/p>&lt;p>Recommended replacement: gpt-realtime-2.1-mini.&lt;/p>&lt;p>&lt;a href="https://aiengineerguide.com/tools/model-retirements/tts-1/">Days left, replacement and migration checklist&lt;/a> · &lt;a href="https://developers.openai.com/api/docs/deprecations">Official source&lt;/a>&lt;/p></description></item><item><title>GPT-5.4 nano (gpt-5.4-nano) retires April 1, 2027</title><link>https://aiengineerguide.com/tools/model-retirements/gpt-5-4-nano/</link><guid isPermaLink="false">gpt-5-4-nano-announced-2026-10-01</guid><pubDate>Thu, 01 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0530</pubDate><category>OpenAI</category><description>&lt;p>GPT-5.4 nano (&lt;code>gpt-5.4-nano&lt;/code>, &lt;code>gpt-5.4-nano-2026-03-17&lt;/code>) on the OpenAI: shutdown April 1, 2027.&lt;/p>&lt;p>Recommended replacement: gpt-6-luna.&lt;/p>&lt;p>&lt;a href="https://aiengineerguide.com/tools/model-retirements/gpt-5-4-nano/">Days left, replacement and migration checklist&lt;/a> · &lt;a href="https://developers.openai.com/api/docs/deprecations">Official source&lt;/a>&lt;/p></description></item><item><title>GPT-5.3 Codex (gpt-5.3-codex) retires April 1, 2027</title><link>https://aiengineerguide.com/tools/model-retirements/gpt-5-3-codex/</link><guid isPermaLink="false">gpt-5-3-codex-announced-2026-10-01</guid><pubDate>Thu, 01 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0530</pubDate><category>OpenAI</category><description>&lt;p>GPT-5.3 Codex (&lt;code>gpt-5.3-codex&lt;/code>) on the OpenAI: shutdown April 1, 2027.&lt;/p>&lt;p>Recommended replacement: gpt-6-sol.&lt;/p>&lt;p>&lt;a href="https://aiengineerguide.com/tools/model-retirements/gpt-5-3-codex/">Days left, replacement and migration checklist&lt;/a> · &lt;a href="https://developers.openai.com/api/docs/deprecations">Official source&lt;/a>&lt;/p></description></item><item><title>GPT-5.1 (gpt-5.1) retires April 1, 2027</title><link>https://aiengineerguide.com/tools/model-retirements/gpt-5-1/</link><guid isPermaLink="false">gpt-5-1-announced-2026-10-01</guid><pubDate>Thu, 01 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0530</pubDate><category>OpenAI</category><description>&lt;p>GPT-5.1 (&lt;code>gpt-5.1&lt;/code>, &lt;code>gpt-5.1-2025-11-13&lt;/code>) on the OpenAI: shutdown April 1, 2027.&lt;/p>&lt;p>Recommended replacement: gpt-6-sol.&lt;/p>&lt;p>&lt;a href="https://aiengineerguide.com/tools/model-retirements/gpt-5-1/">Days left, replacement and migration checklist&lt;/a> · &lt;a href="https://developers.openai.com/api/docs/deprecations">Official source&lt;/a>&lt;/p></description></item><item><title>GPT-4o mini TTS (gpt-4o-mini-tts) retires January 6, 2027</title><link>https://aiengineerguide.com/tools/model-retirements/gpt-4o-mini-tts/</link><guid isPermaLink="false">gpt-4o-mini-tts-announced-2026-10-01</guid><pubDate>Thu, 01 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0530</pubDate><category>OpenAI</category><description>&lt;p>GPT-4o mini TTS (&lt;code>gpt-4o-mini-tts&lt;/code>, &lt;code>gpt-4o-mini-tts-2025-03-20&lt;/code>, &lt;code>gpt-4o-mini-tts-2025-12-15&lt;/code>) on the OpenAI: shutdown January 6, 2027.&lt;/p>&lt;p>Recommended replacement: gpt-realtime-2.1-mini.&lt;/p>&lt;p>&lt;a href="https://aiengineerguide.com/tools/model-retirements/gpt-4o-mini-tts/">Days left, replacement and migration checklist&lt;/a> · &lt;a href="https://developers.openai.com/api/docs/deprecations">Official source&lt;/a>&lt;/p></description></item><item><title>Claude Sonnet 4.5 (claude-sonnet-4-5-20250929) retires November 30, 2026</title><link>https://aiengineerguide.com/tools/model-retirements/claude-sonnet-4-5/</link><guid isPermaLink="false">claude-sonnet-4-5-announced-2026-09-30</guid><pubDate>Wed, 30 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0530</pubDate><category>Anthropic</category><description>&lt;p>Claude Sonnet 4.5 (&lt;code>claude-sonnet-4-5-20250929&lt;/code>) on the Anthropic: shutdown November 30, 2026.&lt;/p>&lt;p>Recommended replacement: claude-sonnet-5-5.&lt;/p>&lt;p>&lt;a href="https://aiengineerguide.com/tools/model-retirements/claude-sonnet-4-5/">Days left, replacement and migration checklist&lt;/a> · &lt;a href="https://platform.claude.com/docs/en/about-claude/model-deprecations">Official source&lt;/a>&lt;/p></description></item><item><title>whisper-1 (whisper-1) retires February 26, 2027</title><link>https://aiengineerguide.com/tools/model-retirements/whisper-1/</link><guid isPermaLink="false">whisper-1-announced-2026-08-26</guid><pubDate>Wed, 26 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0530</pubDate><category>OpenAI</category><description>&lt;p>whisper-1 (&lt;code>whisper-1&lt;/code>) on the OpenAI: shutdown February 26, 2027.&lt;/p>&lt;p>Recommended replacement: gpt-live-transcribe or gpt-transcribe.&lt;/p>&lt;p>&lt;a href="https://aiengineerguide.com/tools/model-retirements/whisper-1/">Days left, replacement and migration checklist&lt;/a> · &lt;a href="https://developers.openai.com/api/docs/deprecations">Official source&lt;/a>&lt;/p></description></item><item><title>GPT-4o transcribe diarize (gpt-4o-transcribe-diarize) retires February 26, 2027</title><link>https://aiengineerguide.com/tools/model-retirements/gpt-4o-transcribe-diarize/</link><guid isPermaLink="false">gpt-4o-transcribe-diarize-announced-2026-08-26</guid><pubDate>Wed, 26 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0530</pubDate><category>OpenAI</category><description>&lt;p>GPT-4o transcribe diarize (&lt;code>gpt-4o-transcribe-diarize&lt;/code>) on the OpenAI: shutdown February 26, 2027.&lt;/p>&lt;p>Recommended replacement: gpt-live-transcribe or gpt-transcribe.&lt;/p>&lt;p>&lt;a href="https://aiengineerguide.com/tools/model-retirements/gpt-4o-transcribe-diarize/">Days left, replacement and migration checklist&lt;/a> · &lt;a href="https://developers.openai.com/api/docs/deprecations">Official source&lt;/a>&lt;/p></description></item><item><title>GPT-4o transcribe (gpt-4o-transcribe) retires February 26, 2027</title><link>https://aiengineerguide.com/tools/model-retirements/gpt-4o-transcribe/</link><guid isPermaLink="false">gpt-4o-transcribe-announced-2026-08-26</guid><pubDate>Wed, 26 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0530</pubDate><category>OpenAI</category><description>&lt;p>GPT-4o transcribe (&lt;code>gpt-4o-transcribe&lt;/code>) on the OpenAI: shutdown February 26, 2027.&lt;/p>&lt;p>Recommended replacement: gpt-live-transcribe or gpt-transcribe.&lt;/p>&lt;p>&lt;a href="https://aiengineerguide.com/tools/model-retirements/gpt-4o-transcribe/">Days left, replacement and migration checklist&lt;/a> · &lt;a href="https://developers.openai.com/api/docs/deprecations">Official source&lt;/a>&lt;/p></description></item><item><title>GPT-4o mini transcribe (gpt-4o-mini-transcribe) retires February 26, 2027</title><link>https://aiengineerguide.com/tools/model-retirements/gpt-4o-mini-transcribe/</link><guid isPermaLink="false">gpt-4o-mini-transcribe-announced-2026-08-26</guid><pubDate>Wed, 26 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0530</pubDate><category>OpenAI</category><description>&lt;p>GPT-4o mini transcribe (&lt;code>gpt-4o-mini-transcribe&lt;/code>, &lt;code>gpt-4o-mini-transcribe-2025-12-15&lt;/code>) on the OpenAI: shutdown February 26, 2027.&lt;/p>&lt;p>Recommended replacement: gpt-live-transcribe or gpt-transcribe.&lt;/p>&lt;p>&lt;a href="https://aiengineerguide.com/tools/model-retirements/gpt-4o-mini-transcribe/">Days left, replacement and migration checklist&lt;/a> · &lt;a href="https://developers.openai.com/api/docs/deprecations">Official source&lt;/a>&lt;/p></description></item><item><title>gpt-realtime-mini (gpt-realtime-mini) retires January 20, 2027</title><link>https://aiengineerguide.com/tools/model-retirements/gpt-realtime-mini/</link><guid isPermaLink="false">gpt-realtime-mini-announced-2026-07-20</guid><pubDate>Mon, 20 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0530</pubDate><category>OpenAI</category><description>&lt;p>gpt-realtime-mini (&lt;code>gpt-realtime-mini&lt;/code>, &lt;code>gpt-realtime-mini-2025-12-15&lt;/code>) on the OpenAI: shutdown January 20, 2027.&lt;/p>&lt;p>Recommended replacement: gpt-realtime-2.1-mini.&lt;/p>&lt;p>&lt;a href="https://aiengineerguide.com/tools/model-retirements/gpt-realtime-mini/">Days left, replacement and migration checklist&lt;/a> · &lt;a href="https://developers.openai.com/api/docs/deprecations">Official source&lt;/a>&lt;/p></description></item><item><title>gpt-realtime (gpt-realtime) retires January 20, 2027</title><link>https://aiengineerguide.com/tools/model-retirements/gpt-realtime/</link><guid isPermaLink="false">gpt-realtime-announced-2026-07-20</guid><pubDate>Mon, 20 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0530</pubDate><category>OpenAI</category><description>&lt;p>gpt-realtime (&lt;code>gpt-realtime&lt;/code>, &lt;code>gpt-realtime-2025-08-28&lt;/code>) on the OpenAI: shutdown January 20, 2027.&lt;/p>&lt;p>Recommended replacement: gpt-realtime-2.1.&lt;/p>&lt;p>&lt;a href="https://aiengineerguide.com/tools/model-retirements/gpt-realtime/">Days left, replacement and migration checklist&lt;/a> · &lt;a href="https://developers.openai.com/api/docs/deprecations">Official source&lt;/a>&lt;/p></description></item><item><title>gpt-audio-mini (gpt-audio-mini) retires January 20, 2027</title><link>https://aiengineerguide.com/tools/model-retirements/gpt-audio-mini/</link><guid isPermaLink="false">gpt-audio-mini-announced-2026-07-20</guid><pubDate>Mon, 20 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0530</pubDate><category>OpenAI</category><description>&lt;p>gpt-audio-mini (&lt;code>gpt-audio-mini&lt;/code>, &lt;code>gpt-audio-mini-2025-12-15&lt;/code>) on the OpenAI: shutdown January 20, 2027.&lt;/p>&lt;p>Recommended replacement: gpt-audio-1.5.&lt;/p>&lt;p>&lt;a href="https://aiengineerguide.com/tools/model-retirements/gpt-audio-mini/">Days left, replacement and migration checklist&lt;/a> · &lt;a href="https://developers.openai.com/api/docs/deprecations">Official source&lt;/a>&lt;/p></description></item><item><title>gpt-audio (gpt-audio) retires January 20, 2027</title><link>https://aiengineerguide.com/tools/model-retirements/gpt-audio/</link><guid isPermaLink="false">gpt-audio-announced-2026-07-20</guid><pubDate>Mon, 20 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0530</pubDate><category>OpenAI</category><description>&lt;p>gpt-audio (&lt;code>gpt-audio&lt;/code>, &lt;code>gpt-audio-2025-08-28&lt;/code>) on the OpenAI: shutdown January 20, 2027.&lt;/p>&lt;p>Recommended replacement: gpt-audio-1.5.&lt;/p>&lt;p>&lt;a href="https://aiengineerguide.com/tools/model-retirements/gpt-audio/">Days left, replacement and migration checklist&lt;/a> · &lt;a href="https://developers.openai.com/api/docs/deprecations">Official source&lt;/a>&lt;/p></description></item><item><title>GPT-4o realtime (gpt-4o-realtime) retires January 20, 2027</title><link>https://aiengineerguide.com/tools/model-retirements/gpt-4o-realtime/</link><guid isPermaLink="false">gpt-4o-realtime-announced-2026-07-20</guid><pubDate>Mon, 20 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0530</pubDate><category>OpenAI</category><description>&lt;p>GPT-4o realtime (&lt;code>gpt-4o-realtime&lt;/code>) on the OpenAI: shutdown January 20, 2027.&lt;/p>&lt;p>Recommended replacement: gpt-realtime-2.1.&lt;/p>&lt;p>&lt;a href="https://aiengineerguide.com/tools/model-retirements/gpt-4o-realtime/">Days left, replacement and migration checklist&lt;/a> · &lt;a href="https://developers.openai.com/api/docs/deprecations">Official source&lt;/a>&lt;/p></description></item><item><title>GPT-4o mini transcribe (gpt-4o-mini-transcribe-2025-03-20) retires January 20, 2027</title><link>https://aiengineerguide.com/tools/model-retirements/gpt-4o-mini-transcribe-2025-03-20/</link><guid isPermaLink="false">gpt-4o-mini-transcribe-2025-03-20-announced-2026-07-20</guid><pubDate>Mon, 20 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0530</pubDate><category>OpenAI</category><description>&lt;p>GPT-4o mini transcribe (&lt;code>gpt-4o-mini-transcribe-2025-03-20&lt;/code>) on the OpenAI: shutdown January 20, 2027.&lt;/p>&lt;p>Recommended replacement: gpt-4o-mini-transcribe-2025-12-15.&lt;/p>&lt;p>&lt;a href="https://aiengineerguide.com/tools/model-retirements/gpt-4o-mini-transcribe-2025-03-20/">Days left, replacement and migration checklist&lt;/a> · &lt;a href="https://developers.openai.com/api/docs/deprecations">Official source&lt;/a>&lt;/p></description></item><item><title>GPT-4o mini realtime (gpt-4o-mini-realtime) retires January 20, 2027</title><link>https://aiengineerguide.com/tools/model-retirements/gpt-4o-mini-realtime/</link><guid isPermaLink="false">gpt-4o-mini-realtime-announced-2026-07-20</guid><pubDate>Mon, 20 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0530</pubDate><category>OpenAI</category><description>&lt;p>GPT-4o mini realtime (&lt;code>gpt-4o-mini-realtime&lt;/code>) on the OpenAI: shutdown January 20, 2027.&lt;/p>&lt;p>Recommended replacement: gpt-realtime-2.1-mini.&lt;/p>&lt;p>&lt;a href="https://aiengineerguide.com/tools/model-retirements/gpt-4o-mini-realtime/">Days left, replacement and migration checklist&lt;/a> · &lt;a href="https://developers.openai.com/api/docs/deprecations">Official source&lt;/a>&lt;/p></description></item><item><title>GPT-4o mini audio (gpt-4o-mini-audio) retires January 20, 2027</title><link>https://aiengineerguide.com/tools/model-retirements/gpt-4o-mini-audio/</link><guid isPermaLink="false">gpt-4o-mini-audio-announced-2026-07-20</guid><pubDate>Mon, 20 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0530</pubDate><category>OpenAI</category><description>&lt;p>GPT-4o mini audio (&lt;code>gpt-4o-mini-audio&lt;/code>) on the OpenAI: shutdown January 20, 2027.&lt;/p>&lt;p>Recommended replacement: gpt-audio-1.5.&lt;/p>&lt;p>&lt;a href="https://aiengineerguide.com/tools/model-retirements/gpt-4o-mini-audio/">Days left, replacement and migration checklist&lt;/a> · &lt;a href="https://developers.openai.com/api/docs/deprecations">Official source&lt;/a>&lt;/p></description></item><item><title>GPT-4o audio (gpt-4o-audio) retires January 20, 2027</title><link>https://aiengineerguide.com/tools/model-retirements/gpt-4o-audio/</link><guid isPermaLink="false">gpt-4o-audio-announced-2026-07-20</guid><pubDate>Mon, 20 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0530</pubDate><category>OpenAI</category><description>&lt;p>GPT-4o audio (&lt;code>gpt-4o-audio&lt;/code>) on the OpenAI: shutdown January 20, 2027.&lt;/p>&lt;p>Recommended replacement: gpt-audio-1.5.&lt;/p>&lt;p>&lt;a href="https://aiengineerguide.com/tools/model-retirements/gpt-4o-audio/">Days left, replacement and migration checklist&lt;/a> · &lt;a href="https://developers.openai.com/api/docs/deprecations">Official source&lt;/a>&lt;/p></description></item><item><title>o3-pro (o3-pro) retires December 11, 2026</title><link>https://aiengineerguide.com/tools/model-retirements/o3-pro/</link><guid isPermaLink="false">o3-pro-announced-2026-06-11</guid><pubDate>Thu, 11 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0530</pubDate><category>OpenAI</category><description>&lt;p>o3-pro (&lt;code>o3-pro&lt;/code>, &lt;code>o3-pro-2025-06-10&lt;/code>) on the OpenAI: shutdown December 11, 2026.&lt;/p>&lt;p>Recommended replacement: gpt-5.6-sol (reasoning.mode: pro).&lt;/p>&lt;p>&lt;a href="https://aiengineerguide.com/tools/model-retirements/o3-pro/">Days left, replacement and migration checklist&lt;/a> · &lt;a href="https://developers.openai.com/api/docs/deprecations">Official source&lt;/a>&lt;/p></description></item><item><title>o3 (o3) retires December 11, 2026</title><link>https://aiengineerguide.com/tools/model-retirements/o3/</link><guid isPermaLink="false">o3-announced-2026-06-11</guid><pubDate>Thu, 11 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0530</pubDate><category>OpenAI</category><description>&lt;p>o3 (&lt;code>o3&lt;/code>, &lt;code>o3-2025-04-16&lt;/code>) on the OpenAI: shutdown December 11, 2026.&lt;/p>&lt;p>Recommended replacement: gpt-5.6-sol.&lt;/p>&lt;p>&lt;a href="https://aiengineerguide.com/tools/model-retirements/o3/">Days left, replacement and migration checklist&lt;/a> · &lt;a href="https://developers.openai.com/api/docs/deprecations">Official source&lt;/a>&lt;/p></description></item><item><title>GPT-5 Pro (gpt-5-pro) retires December 11, 2026</title><link>https://aiengineerguide.com/tools/model-retirements/gpt-5-pro/</link><guid isPermaLink="false">gpt-5-pro-announced-2026-06-11</guid><pubDate>Thu, 11 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0530</pubDate><category>OpenAI</category><description>&lt;p>GPT-5 Pro (&lt;code>gpt-5-pro&lt;/code>, &lt;code>gpt-5-pro-2025-10-06&lt;/code>) on the OpenAI: shutdown December 11, 2026.&lt;/p>&lt;p>Recommended replacement: gpt-5.6-sol (reasoning.mode: pro).&lt;/p>&lt;p>&lt;a href="https://aiengineerguide.com/tools/model-retirements/gpt-5-pro/">Days left, replacement and migration checklist&lt;/a> · &lt;a href="https://developers.openai.com/api/docs/deprecations">Official source&lt;/a>&lt;/p></description></item><item><title>GPT-5 Nano (gpt-5-nano) retires December 11, 2026</title><link>https://aiengineerguide.com/tools/model-retirements/gpt-5-nano/</link><guid isPermaLink="false">gpt-5-nano-announced-2026-06-11</guid><pubDate>Thu, 11 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0530</pubDate><category>OpenAI</category><description>&lt;p>GPT-5 Nano (&lt;code>gpt-5-nano&lt;/code>, &lt;code>gpt-5-nano-2025-08-07&lt;/code>) on the OpenAI: shutdown December 11, 2026.&lt;/p>&lt;p>Recommended replacement: gpt-5.6-luna.&lt;/p>&lt;p>&lt;a href="https://aiengineerguide.com/tools/model-retirements/gpt-5-nano/">Days left, replacement and migration checklist&lt;/a> · &lt;a href="https://developers.openai.com/api/docs/deprecations">Official source&lt;/a>&lt;/p></description></item><item><title>GPT-5 Mini (gpt-5-mini) retires December 11, 2026</title><link>https://aiengineerguide.com/tools/model-retirements/gpt-5-mini/</link><guid isPermaLink="false">gpt-5-mini-announced-2026-06-11</guid><pubDate>Thu, 11 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0530</pubDate><category>OpenAI</category><description>&lt;p>GPT-5 Mini (&lt;code>gpt-5-mini&lt;/code>, &lt;code>gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07&lt;/code>) on the OpenAI: shutdown December 11, 2026.&lt;/p>&lt;p>Recommended replacement: gpt-5.6-terra.&lt;/p>&lt;p>&lt;a href="https://aiengineerguide.com/tools/model-retirements/gpt-5-mini/">Days left, replacement and migration checklist&lt;/a> · &lt;a href="https://developers.openai.com/api/docs/deprecations">Official source&lt;/a>&lt;/p></description></item><item><title>GPT-5 (gpt-5) retires December 11, 2026</title><link>https://aiengineerguide.com/tools/model-retirements/gpt-5/</link><guid isPermaLink="false">gpt-5-announced-2026-06-11</guid><pubDate>Thu, 11 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0530</pubDate><category>OpenAI</category><description>&lt;p>GPT-5 (&lt;code>gpt-5&lt;/code>, &lt;code>gpt-5-2025-08-07&lt;/code>) on the OpenAI: shutdown December 11, 2026.&lt;/p>&lt;p>Recommended replacement: gpt-5.6-sol.&lt;/p>&lt;p>&lt;a href="https://aiengineerguide.com/tools/model-retirements/gpt-5/">Days left, replacement and migration checklist&lt;/a> · &lt;a href="https://developers.openai.com/api/docs/deprecations">Official source&lt;/a>&lt;/p></description></item><item><title>Claude Mythos Preview (claude-mythos-preview) retires a date to be announced</title><link>https://aiengineerguide.com/tools/model-retirements/claude-mythos-preview/</link><guid isPermaLink="false">claude-mythos-preview-announced-2026-06-09</guid><pubDate>Tue, 09 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0530</pubDate><category>Anthropic</category><description>&lt;p>Claude Mythos Preview (&lt;code>claude-mythos-preview&lt;/code>) on the Anthropic: shutdown a date to be announced.&lt;/p>&lt;p>No replacement listed.&lt;/p>&lt;p>&lt;a href="https://aiengineerguide.com/tools/model-retirements/claude-mythos-preview/">Days left, replacement and migration checklist&lt;/a> · &lt;a href="https://platform.claude.com/docs/en/about-claude/model-deprecations">Official source&lt;/a>&lt;/p></description></item><item><title>gpt-image-1-mini (gpt-image-1-mini) retires December 1, 2026</title><link>https://aiengineerguide.com/tools/model-retirements/gpt-image-1-mini/</link><guid isPermaLink="false">gpt-image-1-mini-announced-2026-06-02</guid><pubDate>Tue, 02 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0530</pubDate><category>OpenAI</category><description>&lt;p>gpt-image-1-mini (&lt;code>gpt-image-1-mini&lt;/code>) on the OpenAI: shutdown December 1, 2026.&lt;/p>&lt;p>Recommended replacement: gpt-image-2.5-sunburst or gpt-image-2.5-flare.&lt;/p>&lt;p>&lt;a href="https://aiengineerguide.com/tools/model-retirements/gpt-image-1-mini/">Days left, replacement and migration checklist&lt;/a> · &lt;a href="https://developers.openai.com/api/docs/deprecations">Official source&lt;/a>&lt;/p></description></item><item><title>gpt-image-1.5 (gpt-image-1.5) retires December 1, 2026</title><link>https://aiengineerguide.com/tools/model-retirements/gpt-image-1-5/</link><guid isPermaLink="false">gpt-image-1-5-announced-2026-06-02</guid><pubDate>Tue, 02 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0530</pubDate><category>OpenAI</category><description>&lt;p>gpt-image-1.5 (&lt;code>gpt-image-1.5&lt;/code>, &lt;code>gpt-image-1.5-2025-12-16&lt;/code>) on the OpenAI: shutdown December 1, 2026.&lt;/p>&lt;p>Recommended replacement: gpt-image-2.5-sunburst or gpt-image-2.5-flare.&lt;/p>&lt;p>&lt;a href="https://aiengineerguide.com/tools/model-retirements/gpt-image-1-5/">Days left, replacement and migration checklist&lt;/a> · &lt;a href="https://developers.openai.com/api/docs/deprecations">Official source&lt;/a>&lt;/p></description></item><item><title>chatgpt-image-latest (chatgpt-image-latest) retires December 1, 2026</title><link>https://aiengineerguide.com/tools/model-retirements/chatgpt-image-latest/</link><guid isPermaLink="false">chatgpt-image-latest-announced-2026-06-02</guid><pubDate>Tue, 02 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0530</pubDate><category>OpenAI</category><description>&lt;p>chatgpt-image-latest (&lt;code>chatgpt-image-latest&lt;/code>) on the OpenAI: shutdown December 1, 2026.&lt;/p>&lt;p>Recommended replacement: gpt-image-2.5-sunburst or gpt-image-2.5-flare.&lt;/p>&lt;p>&lt;a href="https://aiengineerguide.com/tools/model-retirements/chatgpt-image-latest/">Days left, replacement and migration checklist&lt;/a> · &lt;a href="https://developers.openai.com/api/docs/deprecations">Official source&lt;/a>&lt;/p></description></item></channel></rss>