This week in AI models: Week 33, 2026

August 10, 2026 to August 16, 2026. Every line traces to the model tracker's source data.

Deprecation updates (13)

Model	Provider	Status	Replacement
claude-opus-4-1-20250805	Anthropic	shut down August 5, 2026	claude-opus-4-8
embedding-2-preview	Google	shut down August 10, 2026	gemini-embedding-2
gpt-5.2-chat-latest	OpenAI	shut down August 10, 2026	gpt-5.6-sol
gpt-5.3-chat-latest	OpenAI	shut down August 10, 2026	gpt-5.6-sol
babbage-002	OpenAI	shutdown announced for September 28, 2026	gpt-5.6-terra
davinci-002	OpenAI	shutdown announced for September 28, 2026	gpt-5.6-terra
gpt-3.5-turbo-1106	OpenAI	shutdown announced for September 28, 2026	gpt-5.6-terra
gpt-3.5-turbo-instruct	OpenAI	shutdown announced for September 28, 2026	gpt-5.6-terra
ft-babbage-002	OpenAI	shutdown announced for October 23, 2026	gpt-5.6-terra
ft-davinci-002	OpenAI	shutdown announced for October 23, 2026	gpt-5.6-terra
ft-gpt-3.5-turbo	OpenAI	shutdown announced for October 23, 2026	gpt-5.6-terra
ft-gpt-4	OpenAI	shutdown announced for October 23, 2026	gpt-5.6-sol
ft-gpt-4.1-nano-2025-04-14	OpenAI	shutdown announced for October 23, 2026	gpt-5.6-luna

Dated shutdown calendar: deprecations page.