When is text-babbage-001 shut down?
text-babbage-001 shut down on 2024-01-04 per OpenAI's deprecation page (checked 2026-10-17). The official replacement is gpt-3.5-turbo-instruct. Published on the official docs: input price $0.5 per million tokens.
When is text-babbage-001 shut down?
text-babbage-001 shut down on 2024-01-04 per OpenAI's deprecation page (checked 2026-10-17). The official replacement is gpt-3.5-turbo-instruct. Published on the official docs: input price $0.5 per million tokens.
retired
| Announced | 2023-07-06 |
|---|---|
| Deprecated | Not published |
| Shutdown | 2024-01-04 |
| Kind | exact |
Replacements
- gpt-3.5-turbo-instruct (official) — source
See the replacement diff · OpenAI models
Specs
| Input price / 1M | $0.5 · source, checked 2026-10-17 |
|---|---|
| Output price / 1M | Not published |
| Cached input / 1M | Not published |
| Context window | Not published |
| Max output | Not published |
| Reasoning | Not published |
| Vision | Not published |
| Tools | Not published |
Related models
- code-cushman-001 — 2023-03-23
- code-cushman-002 — 2023-03-23
- code-davinci-001 — 2023-03-23
- ada — 2024-01-04
- babbage — 2024-01-04
- code-davinci-002 — 2024-01-04
Questions
What replaces text-babbage-001?
The official replacement is gpt-3.5-turbo-instruct.
Is text-babbage-001 deprecated?
text-babbage-001 status is retired.
Sources
- OpenAI deprecations — checked 2026-10-17.
2024-01-04 | text-babbage-001 | $0.50 / 1M tokens | gpt-3.5-turbo-instruct
Change history
- 2026-10-17: shutdown_date changed. Source