gpt-3.5-turbo-instruct
For gpt-3.5-turbo-instruct, provider is OpenAI; lifecycle status is Deprecated; deprecation announced is September 26, 2025; shutdown / retirement date is 2026-09-28; recommended replacement is gpt-5.6-terra, recorded from its source on 2026-08-12.
- Provider
- OpenAI verified
- Model ID / API name
- gpt-3.5-turbo-instruct verified
- Lifecycle status
- Deprecated
- Deprecation announced
- September 26, 2025
- Shutdown / retirement date
- 2026-09-28 verified
- Recommended replacement
- gpt-5.6-terra verified
What the source says
OpenAI models with declining usage over the next six to twelve months. Access to these models will be shut down on the dates below. Shutdown date | Model / system | Recommended replacement | 2026-09-28 | gpt-3.5-turbo-instruct | gpt-5.6-terra |
— platform.openai.com, retrieved 2026-08-12
Source
- platform.openai.comhttps://platform.openai.com/docs/deprecations