gpt-4o-transcribe — GA — shutdown 2026-10-15
For gpt-4o-transcribe, provider is Microsoft Azure / Foundry; lifecycle status is GA; shutdown / retirement date is 2026-10-15; platform / deployment scope is Azure / Microsoft Foundry, recorded from its source on 2026-08-28; source re-checked 2026-09-16.
- Provider
- Microsoft Azure / Foundry our reading
- Model ID / API name
- gpt-4o-transcribe verified
- Human-readable model name
- gpt-4o-transcribe verified
- Lifecycle status
- GA verified
- Shutdown / retirement date
- 2026-10-15 verified
- Platform / deployment scope
- Azure / Microsoft Foundry our reading
- Deprecation announced
- August 26, 2026 per platform.openai.com
- Recommended replacement
- gpt-live-transcribe or gpt-transcribe per platform.openai.com
Values marked our reading are our classification of what the source says — the source does not print them in those words. The quote below is the evidence for each one; judge it yourself.
What the source says
| gpt-4o-transcribe | 2025-03-20 | GA | 2026-10-15 | — |
— raw.githubusercontent.com, retrieved 2026-08-28
Sources disagree
More than one authority states this, and they do not state the same thing. Both are reproduced with the source each came from — deciding between them is yours, not ours.
Provider
raw.githubusercontent.com says provider is Microsoft Azure / Foundry, as of 2026-08-28.
| gpt-4o-transcribe | 2025-03-20 | GA | 2026-10-15 | — |
platform.openai.com says provider is OpenAI, as of 2026-09-01.
Feb 26, 2027 | gpt-4o-transcribe | gpt-live-transcribe or gpt-transcribe |
https://platform.openai.com/docs/deprecations
Lifecycle status
raw.githubusercontent.com says lifecycle status is GA, as of 2026-08-28.
| gpt-4o-transcribe | 2025-03-20 | GA | 2026-10-15 | — |
platform.openai.com says lifecycle status is Deprecated, as of 2026-09-01.
Feb 26, 2027 | gpt-4o-transcribe | gpt-live-transcribe or gpt-transcribe |
https://platform.openai.com/docs/deprecations
Shutdown / retirement date
raw.githubusercontent.com says shutdown / retirement date is 2026-10-15, as of 2026-08-28.
| gpt-4o-transcribe | 2025-03-20 | GA | 2026-10-15 | — |
platform.openai.com says shutdown / retirement date is Feb 26, 2027, as of 2026-09-01.
Feb 26, 2027 | gpt-4o-transcribe | gpt-live-transcribe or gpt-transcribe |
Sources
- raw.githubusercontent.comhttps://raw.githubusercontent.com/MicrosoftDocs/azure-ai-docs/main/articles/foundry/openai/includes/concepts-model-retirement-schedule-content.md
- learn.microsoft.comhttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/foundry/openai/concepts/model-retirement-schedule
- platform.openai.comhttps://platform.openai.com/docs/deprecations