Obituaries · OpenAI
babbage-002, ?–2026
Retired by OpenAI
OpenAI has confirmed the retirement of babbage-002, effective September 28, 2026. It answered questions, wrote emails and was blamed for both. Requests addressed to it are expected to come back unanswered.
Its work passes to gpt-5.6-terra, which the family describes as 'recommended'.
| Model ID | babbage-002 |
|---|---|
| Provider | OpenAI deprecations page |
| Shut down | September 28, 2026 |
| Successor | gpt-5.6-terra |
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Replace the string. Search your code for babbage-002 and swap it for gpt-5.6-terra, or paste a repo into Model Graveyard Check to find every dead model at once.
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