dall-e-2
For dall-e-2, provider is OpenAI; human-readable model name is DALL·E 2; lifecycle status is Retired; deprecation announced is November 14, 2025; shutdown / retirement date is 2026-05-12, recorded from its source on 2026-08-12.
- Provider
- OpenAI verified
- Model ID / API name
- dall-e-2 verified
- Human-readable model name
- DALL·E 2
- Lifecycle status
- Retired
- Deprecation announced
- November 14, 2025
- Shutdown / retirement date
- 2026-05-12 verified
- Recommended replacement
- gpt-image-2 , gpt-image-1 , or gpt-image-1-mini verified
What the source says
2026-05-12 | dall-e-2 | gpt-image-2 , gpt-image-1 , or gpt-image-1-mini | 2026-05-12 | dall-e-3 | gpt-image-2 , gpt-image-1 , or gpt-image-1-mini | 2025-09-26: Legacy GPT model snapshots (March 2026 shutdown) To improve reliability and make it easier for developers to choose the right models, we deprecated a set of older OpenAI models with declining usage.
— platform.openai.com, retrieved 2026-08-12
Source
- platform.openai.comhttps://platform.openai.com/docs/deprecations