This week in AI models: Week 41, 2026

October 5, 2026 to October 11, 2026. Every line traces to the model tracker's source data.

Deprecation updates (18)

Model	Provider	Status	Replacement
claude-sonnet-4-5-20250929	Anthropic	shutdown announced for November 30, 2026	claude-sonnet-5-5
gemini-2.5-computer-use-preview-10-2025	Google	shut down July 28, 2026	gemini-3.8-flash
gemini-2.5-flash-image	Google	shut down October 2, 2026	gemini-3.1-flash-image-preview
veo-3.1-fast-generate-preview	Google	shutdown announced for October 22, 2026	gemini-omni-1.1-flash
veo-3.1-generate-preview	Google	shutdown announced for October 22, 2026	gemini-omni-1.1-flash
veo-3.1-lite-generate-preview	Google	shutdown announced for October 22, 2026	gemini-omni-1.1-flash
gpt-5.4-cyber	OpenAI	shut down October 1, 2026	The most capable cyber model available to you.
gpt-image-1	OpenAI	shutdown announced for October 23, 2026	gpt-image-2.5-sunburst or gpt-image-2.5-flare
chatgpt-image-latest	OpenAI	shutdown announced for December 1, 2026	gpt-image-2.5-sunburst or gpt-image-2.5-flare
gpt-image-1-mini	OpenAI	shutdown announced for December 1, 2026	gpt-image-2.5-sunburst or gpt-image-2.5-flare
gpt-image-1.5	OpenAI	shutdown announced for December 1, 2026	gpt-image-2.5-sunburst or gpt-image-2.5-flare
gpt-4o-mini-tts-2025-03-20	OpenAI	shutdown announced for January 6, 2027	gpt-realtime-2.1-mini
gpt-4o-mini-tts-2025-12-15	OpenAI	shutdown announced for January 6, 2027	gpt-realtime-2.1-mini
tts-1	OpenAI	shutdown announced for January 6, 2027	gpt-realtime-2.1-mini
tts-1-hd	OpenAI	shutdown announced for January 6, 2027	gpt-realtime-2.1-mini
gpt-5.1	OpenAI	shutdown announced for April 1, 2027	gpt-6-sol
gpt-5.3-codex	OpenAI	shutdown announced for April 1, 2027	gpt-6-sol
gpt-5.4-nano	OpenAI	shutdown announced for April 1, 2027	gpt-6-luna

Dated shutdown calendar: deprecations page.