What AI vendors changed, Sep 28 to Oct 4, 2026.

Model retirements first recorded this week

Rows of vendors' retirement and deprecation tables that we read for the first time this week, each with the date the vendor gives.

• OpenAI

  Model	Retirement date	Replacement named
  computer-use-preview-2025-03-11 Show the row as published Shutdown date | Model snapshot | Substitute model | July 23, 2026 | `computer-use-preview-2025-03-11` | `computer-use-preview` | `gpt-5.6-terra` |	Jul 23, 2026	gpt-5.6-terra
  gpt-4o-mini-search-preview-2025-03-11 Show the row as published Shutdown date | Model snapshot | Substitute model | July 23, 2026 | `gpt-4o-mini-search-preview-2025-03-11` | `gpt-5.6-terra` |	Jul 23, 2026	gpt-5.6-terra
  gpt-4o-search-preview-2025-03-11 Show the row as published Shutdown date | Model snapshot | Substitute model | July 23, 2026 | `gpt-4o-search-preview-2025-03-11` | `gpt-5.6-terra` |	Jul 23, 2026	gpt-5.6-terra
  gpt-5-chat-latest Show the row as published Shutdown date | Model snapshot | Substitute model | July 23, 2026 | `gpt-5-chat-latest` | `gpt-5.6-sol` |	Jul 23, 2026	gpt-5.6-sol
  gpt-5-codex Show the row as published Shutdown date | Model snapshot | Substitute model | July 23, 2026 | `gpt-5-codex` | `gpt-5.6-sol` |	Jul 23, 2026	gpt-5.6-sol
  gpt-5.1-chat-latest Show the row as published Shutdown date | Model snapshot | Substitute model | July 23, 2026 | `gpt-5.1-chat-latest` | `gpt-5.6-sol` |	Jul 23, 2026	gpt-5.6-sol
  gpt-5.1-codex Show the row as published Shutdown date | Model snapshot | Substitute model | July 23, 2026 | `gpt-5.1-codex` | `gpt-5.6-sol` |	Jul 23, 2026	gpt-5.6-sol
  gpt-5.1-codex-max Show the row as published Shutdown date | Model snapshot | Substitute model | July 23, 2026 | `gpt-5.1-codex-max` | `gpt-5.6-sol` |	Jul 23, 2026	gpt-5.6-sol
  gpt-5.1-codex-mini Show the row as published Shutdown date | Model snapshot | Substitute model | July 23, 2026 | `gpt-5.1-codex-mini` | `gpt-5.6-terra` |	Jul 23, 2026	gpt-5.6-terra
  gpt-5.2-codex Show the row as published Shutdown date | Model snapshot | Substitute model | July 23, 2026 | `gpt-5.2-codex` | `gpt-5.6-sol` |	Jul 23, 2026	gpt-5.6-sol
  gpt-audio-mini-2025-10-06 Show the row as published Shutdown date | Model snapshot | Substitute model | July 23, 2026 | `gpt-audio-mini-2025-10-06` | `gpt-audio-1.5` |	Jul 23, 2026	gpt-audio-1.5
  gpt-realtime-mini-2025-10-06 Show the row as published Shutdown date | Model snapshot | Substitute model | July 23, 2026 | `gpt-realtime-mini-2025-10-06` | `gpt-realtime-2.1-mini` |	Jul 23, 2026	gpt-realtime-2.1-mini
  o3-deep-research-2025-06-26 Show the row as published Shutdown date | Model snapshot | Substitute model | July 23, 2026 | `o3-deep-research-2025-06-26` | `o3-deep-research` | `gpt-5.6-sol` |	Jul 23, 2026	gpt-5.6-sol
  o4-mini-deep-research-2025-06-26 Show the row as published Shutdown date | Model snapshot | Substitute model | July 23, 2026 | `o4-mini-deep-research-2025-06-26` | `o4-mini-deep-research` | `gpt-5.6-sol` |	Jul 23, 2026	gpt-5.6-sol
  gpt-5.2-chat-latest Show the row as published Shutdown date | Model / system | Recommended replacement | Aug 10, 2026 | `gpt-5.2-chat-latest` | `gpt-5.6-sol` |	Aug 10, 2026	gpt-5.6-sol

  https://developers.openai.com/api/docs/deprecations · first recorded Sep 30, 2026

228 more not shown: xither.com/resources/vendor-retirements

248 more retirement dates were first recorded this week, all before Jun 30, 2026. See every date in the retirement tracker.

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Model retirements due Oct 5, 2026 to Nov 3, 2026

Retirement dates on the copy of each page we hold now, falling in the 30 days from the day this issue is sent.

• Amazon Web Services

  Model	Retirement date	Replacement named
  anthropic.claude-sonnet-4-20250514-v1:0 Show the row as published Model provider | Model name | Model ID | Regions | Legacy date | EOL date | Public extended access start date | Anthropic | Claude Sonnet 4 | anthropic.claude-sonnet-4-20250514-v1:0 | ap-northeast-1, eu-central-1, eu-north-1, eu-south-1, eu-south-2, eu-west-1, eu-west-3, us-east-1, us-east-2, us-wes…	Oct 14, 2026	none named

  https://docs.aws.amazon.com/bedrock/latest/userguide/model-lifecycle-legacy.html · read Sep 30, 2026

• Microsoft

  Model	Retirement date	Replacement named
  gpt-4.1-nano 2025-04-14 Show the row as published Model | Version | Lifecycle | Retirement date | Replacement | gpt-4.1-nano | 2025-04-14 | Deprecated | 2026-10-14 | — |	Oct 14, 2026	none named
  gpt-4o-mini-transcribe 2025-03-20 Show the row as published Model | Version | Lifecycle | Retirement date | Replacement | gpt-4o-mini-transcribe | 2025-03-20 | GA | 2026-10-15 | — |	Oct 15, 2026	none named
  gpt-4o-mini-tts 2025-03-20 Show the row as published Model | Version | Lifecycle | Retirement date | Replacement | gpt-4o-mini-tts | 2025-03-20 | Preview | 2026-10-15 | — |	Oct 15, 2026	none named
  gpt-4o-transcribe 2025-03-20 Show the row as published Model | Version | Lifecycle | Retirement date | Replacement | gpt-4o-transcribe | 2025-03-20 | GA | 2026-10-15 | — |	Oct 15, 2026	none named
  sora-2 2025-12-08 Show the row as published Model | Version | Lifecycle | Retirement date | Replacement | sora-2 | 2025-12-08 | Preview | 2026-10-15 | — |	Oct 15, 2026	none named
  Cohere-command-a-plus-05-2026 1 Show the row as published Model | Version | Lifecycle | Retirement date | Replacement | Cohere-command-a-plus-05-2026 | 1 | Preview | 2026-10-16 | coherelabs-command-a-plus-05-2026-fp81, coherelabs-command-a-plus-05-2026-bf161, coherelabs-command-a-plus-05-2026-w4a41 |	Oct 16, 2026	coherelabs-command-a-plus-05-2026-fp81, coherelabs-command-a-plus-05-2026-bf161, coherelabs-command-a-plus-05-2026-w4a41
  gpt-image-1 2025-04-15 Show the row as published Model | Version | Lifecycle | Retirement date | Replacement | gpt-image-1 | 2025-04-15 | Preview | 2026-10-23 | — |	Oct 23, 2026	none named

  https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/foundry/openai/concepts/model-retirement-schedule · read Oct 3, 2026

• Google Cloud

  Model	Retirement date	Replacement named
  gemini-2.5-flash Show the row as published Model ID | Release date | Retirement date | Replacement model ID | `gemini-2.5-flash` | June 17, 2025 | October 20, 2026 | `gemini-3.8-flash` or [`gemini-3.5-flash-lite`](/gemini…	Oct 20, 2026	gemini-3.8-flash or gemini-3.5-flash-lite or gemini-3.1-flash-lite
  gemini-2.5-flash-lite Show the row as published Model ID | Release date | Retirement date | Replacement model ID | `gemini-2.5-flash-lite` | July 22, 2025 | October 20, 2026 | `gemini-3.8-flash` or [`gemini-3.1-flash-lite…	Oct 20, 2026	gemini-3.8-flash or gemini-3.1-flash-lite or Gemma 4
  gemini-2.5-pro Show the row as published Model ID | Release date | Retirement date | Replacement model ID | `gemini-2.5-pro` | June 17, 2025 | October 20, 2026 | `gemini-3.8-flash` or [`gemini-3.5-flash`](/gemini-enterpri…	Oct 20, 2026	gemini-3.8-flash or gemini-3.5-flash

  https://docs.cloud.google.com/gemini-enterprise-agent-platform/models/model-versions · read Oct 3, 2026

• OpenAI

  Model	Retirement date	Replacement named
  ft-babbage-002 Show the row as published Shutdown date | Model snapshot | Recommended replacement base model | October 23, 2026 | `ft-babbage-002` | `gpt-5.6-terra` |	Oct 23, 2026	gpt-5.6-terra
  ft-davinci-002 Show the row as published Shutdown date | Model snapshot | Recommended replacement base model | October 23, 2026 | `ft-davinci-002` | `gpt-5.6-terra` |	Oct 23, 2026	gpt-5.6-terra
  ft-gpt-3.5-turbo Show the row as published Shutdown date | Model snapshot | Recommended replacement base model | October 23, 2026 | `ft-gpt-3.5-turbo` | `gpt-5.6-terra` |	Oct 23, 2026	gpt-5.6-terra
  ft-gpt-4 Show the row as published Shutdown date | Model snapshot | Recommended replacement base model | October 23, 2026 | `ft-gpt-4` | `gpt-5.6-sol` |	Oct 23, 2026	gpt-5.6-sol

  https://developers.openai.com/api/docs/deprecations · read Oct 3, 2026

13 more not shown: xither.com/resources/vendor-retirements

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From vendors' changelogs and model pages

• Google Cloud

  changelog

  New entries

  • When an agent performs a warm transfer, the caller is now automatically taken
  • off hold as soon as the transferring agent leaves the call, establishing
  • two-way audio between the receiving agent and the caller without manual action.

  31 more changed lines not quoted here

  https://cloud.google.com/release-notes · read Oct 4, 2026

• Vercel

  changelog

  New entries

  • Speed Insights deprecates First Input Delay on November 1st
  • Speed Insights is deprecating First Input Delay on November 1, with no action required.
  • Damien Simonin Feugas, Vincent Derks, and 1 other

  3 more changed lines not quoted here

  https://vercel.com/changelog · read Oct 3, 2026

• xAI

  changelog

  New entries

  • Export selected conversations from voice logs
  • Custom MCP headers on a voice agent can use per-call variables
  • Images-to-Video combines first frame, last frame, keyframes, and reference images in one composer

  1 more changed line not quoted here

  https://x.ai/api/changelog · read Oct 1, 2026

• ElevenLabs

  changelog

  New entries

  • Eleven v4 and Eleven v4 Turbo
  • Eleven v4 and Eleven v4 Turbo are now available. Eleven v4 provides higher-quality, more expressive speech and improved voice cloning across more than 90 languages. Eleven v4 Turbo provides the same model family for real-time applications, with…
  • Use eleven_v4 through the Text to Dialogue API for content creation and long-form audio. Use eleven_v4_turbo through the Text to Dialogue WebSocket for agents and interactive applications.

  93 more changed lines not quoted here

  https://elevenlabs.io/changelog · read Sep 30, 2026

• ClickHouse

  changelog

  New entries

  • ClickHouse release 26.9, 2026-09-21. Presentation, Video
  • The analyzer can no longer be disabled: the enable_analyzer setting (and its old name allow_experimental_analyzer) is obsolete, an attempt to set it to 0 is rejected, and the compatibility setting no longer reverts it. The analyzer has been the default since 24.3, and the query analysis us…
  • The default compression method is changed from LZ4 to ZSTD(3). Client/server and server/server network communication switches to ZSTD(3) uniformly. For MergeTree column data the built-in default is now size-aware: LZ4 for parts below 100 MB and ZSTD(3) at or above it, judged by the par…

  134 more changed lines not quoted here

  https://clickhouse.com/docs/changelog · read Sep 30, 2026

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Pricing pages

Pricing pages that differed from our previous reading this week, with the changed lines that state an amount and name what it is for.

• Datadog

  pricing page

  Added: **Billed annually or $1.20 on-demand

  Added: What is an active GPU device?An active GPU device represents any GPU chip that is actively busy providing value to your business with nonzero graphics engine activity in a given 5-minute window. Billing is based on your monthly average active GPU device count, not the total number of GPUs in your fl…

  Added: *Billed annually or $120 on-demand

  https://datadoghq.com/pricing · read Oct 4, 2026

• Retell AI

  pricing page

  Added: GPT 6 Sol | $0.064/minute | $0.128/minute |

  Added: GPT 6 Luna | $0.0032/minute | $0.0064/minute |

  Added: GPT 6 Sol | | $0.02/AI msg |

  3 more changed lines not quoted here

  https://www.retellai.com/pricing · read Oct 4, 2026

• Roboflow

  pricing page

  Edited: Starting at $0.10/bounding box

  Added: - +10 credits a month, $39 a month, 20 credits in total$3.90/credit

  Added: - +25 credits a month, $89 a month, 35 credits in total$3.56/credit

  9 more changed lines not quoted here

  https://roboflow.com/pricing · read Oct 4, 2026

• Modal

  pricing page

  Edited: - $100 / month free computecredits

  Added: - Nvidia B300 $0.001972 0.001972 / sec

  Added: - Nvidia B200 $0.001736 0.001736 / sec

  24 more changed lines not quoted here

  https://modal.com/pricing · read Oct 4, 2026

• LiveKit

  pricing page

  Removed: - Rime Coda: $0.0300/min

  Removed: - Rime Mist v3: $0.0180/min

  Removed: - Rime Mist v3: $0.0120/min

  1 more changed line not quoted here

  https://livekit.io/pricing · read Oct 4, 2026

• Weaviate

  pricing page

  Edited: Storage | Free | from $0.12 / GiB | from $0.10 / GiB | from $0.150533 / GiB |

  Added: Backup | Free | from $0.03036/ GiB | from $0.021 / GiB | from $0.014 / GiB |

  Removed: Backup | Free | from $0.0290 / GiB | from $0.0200 / GiB | from $0.0134 / GiB |

  https://weaviate.io/pricing · read Oct 4, 2026

• ClickHouse

  pricing page

  Added: Pay only for the compute and storage you use, metered separately and scaled to zero when idle. Start free with $300 in credits for 30 days.

  Added: Data transfer for public internet egress starting at $0.1152 / GB, inter region egress starting at $0.0312 / GB.

  Added: Every new ClickHouse Cloud organization starts with $300 in credits to use over 30 days. The trial ends when the credits are used up or the 30 days pass, whichever comes first, and the organization then moves to pay-as-you-go. If you add a payment method during the trial, your credits are still used…

  1 more changed line not quoted here

  https://clickhouse.com/pricing · read Oct 4, 2026

• Zendesk

  pricing page

  Added: Annual subscription (per agent/month) | $19 | $55 | $115 |

  Added: Monthly subscription (per agent/month) | $25 | $69 | $149 |

  Added: Committed automated resolutions Customize your automation needs by adding more automated resolutions. Expand the scope of issues your AI agents can handle independently to better align with your business needs. [ Learn more ](https://support.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/5352026794010-About-automate…

  4 more changed lines not quoted here

  https://zendesk.com/pricing · read Oct 4, 2026

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Sub-processor lists and DPAs

Changes we read 30 or more days ago that became public this week. Subscribers who watch the vendor were emailed the morning we read them.

Nothing this week: no change to a sub-processor list or DPA passed the 30-day line.

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Filed with the SEC

Nothing this week: no watched vendor filed a Form D or Form 8-K. The list of matched filers could not be read this week, so EDGAR was not read.

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