OpenAI whisper-1 and gpt-4o-transcribe family: sunset date 2027-02-26
The sunset date for OpenAI whisper-1 and the gpt-4o-transcribe family is 2027-02-26, which is 139 days after 2026-10-10, the date this data was compiled.
- Provider
- OpenAI
- Category
- ai-model
- Sunset date
- 2027-02-26 (139 days remaining as of 2026-10-10)
- What stops working
- Transcription requests naming whisper-1, gpt-4o-transcribe, gpt-4o-mini-transcribe and gpt-4o-transcribe-diarize fail after the shutdown date.
- Replacement
- gpt-live-transcribe or gpt-transcribe
Source
OpenAI API deprecations, developers.openai.com (printed as text, not linked). Read on 2026-10-10. Confirm the date on that page before acting.
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