DALL-E 2

Model at OpenAI

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The basics

As of Nov 1

Status: Retired May 12, 2026

Updates

May 12

Retired

DALL-E 2, DALL-E 3 and the Realtime API Beta removed

The dall-e-2 and dall-e-3 snapshots and the Realtime API Beta interface were removed from the API on May 12, 2026. OpenAI recommends gpt-image-2, gpt-image-1 or gpt-image-1-mini for images and the released Realtime API for voice.

Action needed:: Move image calls to gpt-image-2 and voice apps to the released Realtime API.

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Role

Image model at OpenAI

DALL-E 2
Until May 2026

Works with

From recorded changes

OpenAI API

API · 1 shared change

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