# whisper-1 — Deprecated — shutdown Feb 26, 2027

For whisper-1, 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, not quoted from the source)_
- **Model ID / API name:** whisper-1 _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Lifecycle status:** Deprecated
- **Deprecation announced:** August 26, 2026 _(verified: appears in its own passage below)_
- **Shutdown / retirement date:** Feb 26, 2027 _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Recommended replacement:** gpt-live-transcribe or gpt-transcribe _(verified: appears in the quote below)_

## What the source says

> For information about the recommended replacements, see the <https://developers.openai.com/api/docs/guides/transcription> transcription guide . Shutdown date | Model / system | Recommended replacement | Feb 26, 2027 | whisper-1 | gpt-live-transcribe or gpt-transcribe |

## Where each value comes from

This source states these in separate places, so each value is shown with the passage that states it.

### 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.

## Source

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

Last verified: 2026-09-01. Review by: 2026-10-01.
Part of [AI model deprecation and retirement dates by provider](https://referencesource.org/ai-model-deprecation-and-retirement/).