babbage-002

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The basics

As of Nov 1

Status: Retired Sep 28, 2026

Updates

Sep 28

Retired

gpt-3.5-turbo-instruct, babbage-002, davinci-002 and gpt-3.5-turbo-1106 shut down

The deprecation announced on September 26, 2025 scheduled gpt-3.5-turbo-instruct, babbage-002, davinci-002 and gpt-3.5-turbo-1106 to shut down on September 28, 2026. OpenAI recommends gpt-5.6-terra as the replacement for each.

Action needed:: Move any remaining calls to gpt-5.6-terra.

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