meta.llama-2-70b — Retired — shutdown 2024-10-02 or 2025-03-07 — the source states this two ways
For meta.llama-2-70b, provider is Oracle (OCI Generative AI — on-demand mode); lifecycle status is Retired; shutdown / retirement date is disputed: 2024-10-02 per docs.oracle.com, 2025-03-07 per docs.oracle.com; platform / deployment scope is OCI Generative AI on-demand mode, recorded from its source on 2026-09-16; source re-checked 2026-11-11.
- Provider
- Oracle (OCI Generative AI — on-demand mode) our reading
- Oracle (OCI Generative AI — dedicated mode) per docs.oracle.com
- Model ID / API name
- meta.llama-2-70b verified
- Lifecycle status
- Retired verified
- Release date
- 2024-01-22 verified
- Shutdown / retirement date
- 2024-10-02 the source states this two ways
- Platform / deployment scope
- OCI Generative AI on-demand mode our reading
- OCI Generative AI dedicated mode per docs.oracle.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
meta.llama-2-70b | 2024-01-22 | 2024-10-02 |
— docs.oracle.com, retrieved 2026-09-16
Where each value comes from
This source states these in separate places, so each value is shown with the passage that states it.
Lifecycle status
Retired Models (On-Demand Mode)
Release date and Shutdown / retirement date
Model | Release Date | On-Demand Mode Retirement Date | Suggested Replacement Options | cohere.command-r-plus-08-2024 | 2024-11-14 | 2026-07-30 | Cohere Command A | cohere.command-r-08-2024 | 2024-11-14 | 2026-07-30 | Cohere Command A | cohere.command-r-plus | 2024-06-18 | 2025-01-16 | Cohere Command A | cohere.command-r-16k | 2024-06-04 | 2025-01-16 | Cohere Command A | cohere.command | 2024-02-07 | 2024-10-02 | Cohere Command A | cohere.command-light | 2024-02-07 | 2024-10-02 | Cohere Command A | xai.grok-4-1-fast-reasoning | 2026-01-21 | 2026-08-15 | xAI Grok 4.3 | xai.grok-4-1-fast-non-reasoning | 2026-01-21 | 2026-08-15 | xAI Grok 4.3 | xai.grok-4-fast-reasoning | 2026-01-21 | 2026-08-15 | xAI Grok 4.3 | xai.grok-4-fast-non-reasoning | 2025-10-10 | 2026-08-15 | xAI Grok 4.3 | xai.grok-code-fast-1 | 2025-10-01 | 2026-08-15 | xAI Grok 4.3 | xai.grok-4 | 2025-07-23 | 2026-08-15 | xAI Grok 4.3 | xai.grok-3 | 2025-06-25 | 2026-08-15 | xAI Grok 4.3 | xai.grok-3-mini | 2025-06-25 | 2026-08-15 | xAI Grok 4.3 | xai.grok-3-fast | 2025-06-25 | 2026-08-15 | xAI Grok 4.3 | xai.grok-3-mini-fast | 2025-06-25 | 2026-08-15 | xAI Grok 4.3 | meta.llama-3.2-90b-vision-instruct | 2024-11-14 | 2026-08-03 | Meta Llama 4 Maverick Meta Llama 4 Scout | meta.llama-3.1-405b-instruct | 2024-09-19 | 2026-08-03 | Meta Llama 4 Maverick Meta Llama 4 Scout | meta.llama-3.1-70b-instruct | 2024-09-19 | 2025-07-10 | Meta Llama 4 Maverick Meta Llama 4 Scout | meta.llama-3-70b-instruct | 2024-06-04 | 2024-11-12 | Meta Llama 4 Maverick Meta Llama 4 Scout | meta.llama-2-70b | 2024-01-22 | 2024-10-02 | Meta Llama 4 Maverick Meta Llama 4 Scout |
— all from docs.oracle.com, retrieved 2026-09-16
The source states this two ways
The same publisher states this differently in more than one place. Each version is reproduced with the page it came from — deciding between them is yours, not ours.
Shutdown / retirement date
docs.oracle.com says shutdown / retirement date is 2024-10-02, as of 2026-09-16.
meta.llama-2-70b | 2024-01-22 | 2024-10-02 |
https://docs.oracle.com/en-us/iaas/Content/generative-ai/deprecating-on-demand.htm
docs.oracle.com says shutdown / retirement date is 2025-03-07, as of 2026-09-16.
meta.llama-2-70b | 2024-01-22 | 2025-03-07 |
https://docs.oracle.com/en-us/iaas/Content/generative-ai/deprecating-dedicated.htm
Where the other sources' values come from
These values were taken from a passage elsewhere on the other source's page, not from the row quoted with it above.
Release date
Model | Release Date | Dedicated Mode Retirement Date | Suggested Replacement Options | cohere.command-r-plus-08-2024 | 2024-11-14 | 2026-07-30 | Cohere Command A | cohere.command-r-08-2024 | 2024-11-14 | 2026-07-30 | Cohere Command A | cohere.command-r-plus | 2024-06-18 | 2025-08-07 | Cohere Command A | cohere.command-r-16k | 2024-06-04 | 2025-08-07 | Cohere Command A | cohere.command | 2024-02-07 | 2025-08-07 | Cohere Command A | cohere.command-light | 2024-02-07 | 2025-08-07 | Cohere Command A | meta.llama-3.2-90b-vision-instruct | 2024-11-14 | 2026-08-03 | Meta Llama 4 Maverick Meta Llama 4 Scout | meta.llama-3.2-11b-vision-instruct | 2024-11-14 | 2026-08-03 | Meta Llama 4 Maverick Meta Llama 4 Scout | meta.llama-3.1-405b-instruct | 2024-09-19 | 2026-08-03 | Meta Llama 4 Maverick Meta Llama 4 Scout | meta.llama-3.1-70b-instruct | 2024-09-19 | 2025-08-07 | Meta Llama 4 Maverick Meta Llama 4 Scout | meta.llama-3-70b-instruct | 2024-06-04 | 2025-08-07 | Meta Llama 4 Maverick Meta Llama 4 Scout | meta.llama-2-70b | 2024-01-22 | 2025-03-07 | Meta Llama 4 Maverick Meta Llama 4 Scout |
— docs.oracle.com, retrieved 2026-09-16
Sources
- docs.oracle.comhttps://docs.oracle.com/en-us/iaas/Content/generative-ai/deprecating-on-demand.htm
- docs.oracle.comhttps://docs.oracle.com/en-us/iaas/Content/generative-ai/deprecating-dedicated.htm