This week in AI models: Week 42, 2026

October 12, 2026 to October 18, 2026. Every line traces to the model tracker's source data.

Deprecation updates (18)

Model	Provider	Status	Replacement
claude-3-sonnet-20240229	Anthropic	shut down July 21, 2025	claude-sonnet-5-5
claude-3-5-sonnet-20240620	Anthropic	shut down October 28, 2025	claude-sonnet-5-5
claude-3-5-sonnet-20241022	Anthropic	shut down October 28, 2025	claude-sonnet-5-5
claude-3-7-sonnet-20250219	Anthropic	shut down February 19, 2026	claude-sonnet-5-5
claude-sonnet-4-20250514	Anthropic	shut down June 15, 2026	claude-sonnet-5-5
gemini-2.0-flash-preview-image-generation	Google	shut down November 14, 2025	gemini-nano-banana-2.1
gemini-2.5-flash-image-preview	Google	shut down January 15, 2026	gemini-nano-banana-2.1
gemini-3.1-flash-image-preview	Google	shut down June 25, 2026	gemini-nano-banana-2.1
imagen-4.0-fast-generate-001	Google	shut down August 17, 2026	gemini-nano-banana-2.1
imagen-4.0-generate-001	Google	shut down August 17, 2026	gemini-nano-banana-2.1
imagen-4.0-ultra-generate-001	Google	shut down August 17, 2026	gemini-nano-banana-2.1
gemini-omni-flash-preview	Google	shutdown announced for October 22, 2026	gemini-omni-1.1-flash
gemini-2.5-flash-native-audio-preview-12-2025	Google	shutdown announced for November 17, 2026	gemini-3.8-live
gemini-2.5-flash-preview-tts	Google	shutdown announced for November 17, 2026	gemini-3.8-flash-tts or gemini-3.8-flash-lite-tts
gemini-2.5-pro-preview-tts	Google	shutdown announced for November 17, 2026	gemini-3.8-flash-tts or gemini-3.8-flash-lite-tts
gemini-3.1-flash-live-preview	Google	shutdown announced for November 17, 2026	gemini-3.8-live
gemini-3.1-flash-tts-preview	Google	shutdown announced for November 17, 2026	gemini-3.8-flash-tts or gemini-3.8-flash-lite-tts
gemini-2.5-flash-image	Google	shutdown extended to March 15, 2027	gemini-3.1-flash-lite-image

Dated shutdown calendar: deprecations page.