OpenAI · Model retirement
ft-babbage-002
Stops working (tomorrow)
On October 23, 2026, the model ft-babbage-002 will stop working. Any API calls targeting ft-babbage-002 after that date will fail.
What to use instead of ft-babbage-002
Move to gpt-5.6-terra, as recommended by OpenAI.
Facts
- API
- OpenAI
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ft-babbage-002- Kind
- Model retirement
- Takes effect
- October 23, 2026
- Calls after that day
- Fail
- Source
- Deprecations page
- Last updated
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