Obituaries · OpenAI
gpt-image-1, 2025–2026
Retired by OpenAI
gpt-image-1, an OpenAI model that made pictures on request, some of them with the right number of fingers, was switched off on October 23, 2026, aged 1 year and 6 months. Calls to its ID are now expected to fail.
Its work passes to gpt-image-2.5-sunburst or gpt-image-2.5-flare, which the family describes as 'recommended'.
| Model ID | gpt-image-1 |
|---|---|
| Provider | OpenAI deprecations page |
| Born | April 23, 2025 |
| Shut down | October 23, 2026 |
| Successor | gpt-image-2.5-sunburst or gpt-image-2.5-flare |
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Replace the string. Search your code for gpt-image-1 and swap it for gpt-image-2.5-sunburst or gpt-image-2.5-flare, or paste a repo into Model Graveyard Check to find every dead model at once.
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