OpenAI · Model retirement
whisper-1
Stops working (in 127 days)
Calls to the model whisper-1 on OpenAI stop working on February 26, 2027.
What to use instead of whisper-1
Move to gpt-live-transcribe or gpt-transcribe, recommended by OpenAI.
gpt-live-transcribe only runs in Realtime transcription sessions (/v1/realtime/transcription_sessions): audio is streamed in and transcript deltas come back, with no file upload to /v1/audio/transcriptions.
Facts
- API
- OpenAI
api.openai.com - Model
whisper-1- Kind
- Model retirement
- Takes effect
- February 26, 2027
- Calls after that day
- Fail
- Source
- Deprecations page
- Last updated
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