gpt-4o-mini-transcribe — Deprecated — shutdown Feb 26, 2027
For gpt-4o-mini-transcribe, provider is OpenAI; lifecycle status is Deprecated; deprecation announced is August 26, 2026; shutdown / retirement date is Feb 26, 2027; recommended replacement is gpt-live-transcribe or gpt-transcribe, recorded from its source on 2026-09-01.
- Provider
- OpenAI our reading
- Model ID / API name
- gpt-4o-mini-transcribe verified
- Lifecycle status
- Deprecated
- Deprecation announced
- August 26, 2026 verified
- Shutdown / retirement date
- Feb 26, 2027 verified
- Recommended replacement
- gpt-live-transcribe or gpt-transcribe verified
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What the source says
Feb 26, 2027 | gpt-4o-mini-transcribe | gpt-live-transcribe or gpt-transcribe |
— platform.openai.com, retrieved 2026-09-01
Where each value comes from
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Deprecation announced
On August 26, 2026, we notified developers using whisper-1, gpt-4o-transcribe, gpt-4o-mini-transcribe, and gpt-4o-transcribe-diarize of their deprecation and removal from the API on February 26, 2027.
— all from platform.openai.com, retrieved 2026-09-01
Source
- platform.openai.comhttps://platform.openai.com/docs/deprecations
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