# davinci — AI model deprecation and retirement dates by provider

For davinci, provider is OpenAI; lifecycle status is Retired; deprecation announced is July 6, 2023; shutdown / retirement date is 2024-01-04; recommended replacement is davinci-002, recorded from its source on 2026-08-12.

- **Provider:** OpenAI _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Model ID / API name:** davinci _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Lifecycle status:** Retired _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Deprecation announced:** July 6, 2023
- **Shutdown / retirement date:** 2024-01-04 _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Recommended replacement:** davinci-002 _(verified: appears in the quote below)_

## What the source says

> 2024-01-04 | text-search-davinci-doc-001 | $200.00 / 1M tokens | text-embedding-3-small | 2024-01-04 | text-search-davinci-query-001 | $200.00 / 1M tokens | text-embedding-3-small | 2023-06-13: Updated chat models On June 13, 2023, we announced new chat model versions in the <https://openai.com/blog/function-calling-and-other-api-updates> Function calling and other API updates blog post. The three original versions will be retired in June 2024 at the earliest. As of January 10, 2024, only existing users of these models will be able to continue using them. Shutdown date | Legacy model | Legacy model price | Recommended replacement | at earliest 2024-06-13 | gpt-4-0314 | $30.00 / 1M input tokens + $60.00 / 1M output tokens | gpt-4o | Shutdown date | Deprecated model | Deprecated model price | Recommended replacement | 2024-09-13 | gpt-3.5-turbo-0301 | $15.00 / 1M input tokens + $20.00 / 1M output tokens | gpt-3.5-turbo | 2025-06-06 | gpt-4-32k-0314 | $60.00 / 1M input tokens + $120.00 / 1M output tokens | gpt-4o | 2023-03-20: Codex models Shutdown date | Deprecated model | Recommended replacement | 2023-03-23 | code-davinci-002 |

## Source

- https://platform.openai.com/docs/deprecations

Last verified: 2026-08-12. Review by: 2026-09-11.
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