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      "vendorName": "Anthropic",
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      "featured": true,
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      "vendor": "anthropic",
      "vendorName": "Anthropic",
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      "title": "Sonnet 5.5 cache reads cut to $0.10",
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        {
          "id": "anthropic/claude-sonnet-5.5",
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      "vendorName": "Google",
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        {
          "id": "google/gemini-3.7-flash",
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        {
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        {
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      "vendorName": "OpenAI",
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      "url": "https://infro.io/ai-updates#gpt-6-1-sol-ultrafast"
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      "vendor": "alibaba",
      "vendorName": "Alibaba Cloud",
      "kind": "shutdown",
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      "summary": "The postponed retirement of older Qwen, Qwen3, audio, DeepSeek, GLM and Kimi models takes effect at 00:00 UTC+8. No replacements are named.",
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      "ids": [
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        "qwen3-max",
        "qwen3-coder-plus",
        "deepseek-v3.2",
        "deepseek-r1",
        "glm-4.7",
        "kimi-k2-thinking"
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      "vendorName": "Google",
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      "vendor": "anthropic",
      "vendorName": "Anthropic",
      "kind": "platform",
      "title": "OpenTelemetry export, in beta",
      "summary": "Messages API requests and Managed Agents sessions can be traced with OpenTelemetry; the SDKs emit spans in seven languages.",
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      "ids": [],
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      "source": {
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      "vendorName": "xAI",
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        "grok-voice-2.0"
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      "vendorName": "OpenAI",
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        {
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      "vendorName": "Anthropic",
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      "title": "Claude Haiku 4.5 retirement window opens",
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      "ids": [],
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      "vendorName": "Anthropic",
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          "name": "Claude Opus 5.5",
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      "ids": [],
      "featured": false,
      "source": {
        "title": "API release notes",
        "publisher": "Anthropic",
        "url": "https://platform.claude.com/docs/en/release-notes/api",
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      "url": "https://infro.io/ai-updates#opus-5-5-fast-mode"
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      "id": "gpt-live-prompt-to-voice",
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      "title": "Prompt-to-voice for GPT-Live",
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      "vendor": "deepseek",
      "vendorName": "DeepSeek",
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      "title": "DeepSeek V4.1-Flash-1017 and a search API",
      "summary": "deepseek-flash moves to the 1017 version with usage and pricing unchanged. Search and Fetch APIs open at $0.75 per 1,000 calls per endpoint.",
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        "title": "DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash-1017",
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      "vendor": "google-cloud",
      "vendorName": "Google Cloud",
      "kind": "shutdown",
      "title": "Gemini 2.5 Pro, Flash and Flash-Lite retire on Vertex AI",
      "summary": "Vertex AI retires the three Gemini 2.5 models and lists Gemini 3.8 Flash among the replacements. On the Gemini API, 2.5 is limited to existing users, not deprecated.",
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        "title": "Model versions and lifecycle",
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        "url": "https://docs.cloud.google.com/vertex-ai/generative-ai/docs/learn/model-versions",
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      "dateNote": "earliest",
      "vendor": "google",
      "vendorName": "Google",
      "kind": "shutdown",
      "title": "Veo 3.1 preview ids leave the Gemini API",
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        {
          "id": "google/veo-3.1-fast",
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        {
          "id": "google/veo-3.1-lite",
          "name": "Veo 3.1 Lite",
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        {
          "id": "google/gemini-omni-flash",
          "name": "Gemini Omni Flash",
          "url": "https://infro.io/models/google/gemini-omni-flash"
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      "ids": [],
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      "source": {
        "title": "Gemini deprecations",
        "publisher": "Google",
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      "url": "https://infro.io/ai-updates#veo-3-1-preview-shutdown"
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      "id": "deep-research-pro-preview-shutdown",
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      "vendorName": "Google",
      "kind": "shutdown",
      "title": "Deep Research Pro preview shuts down",
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      "featured": false,
      "source": {
        "title": "Release notes",
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      "url": "https://infro.io/ai-updates#deep-research-pro-preview-shutdown"
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      "id": "openai-oct-23-shutdowns",
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      "vendor": "openai",
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      "title": "OpenAI shuts down older snapshots and gpt-image-1",
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          "name": "GPT Image 1",
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        {
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      "ids": [],
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      "source": {
        "title": "Deprecations",
        "publisher": "OpenAI",
        "url": "https://developers.openai.com/api/docs/deprecations",
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      "url": "https://infro.io/ai-updates#openai-oct-23-shutdowns"
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      "id": "perplexity-gpt-5-ids-retire",
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      "vendor": "perplexity",
      "vendorName": "Perplexity",
      "kind": "shutdown",
      "title": "Older OpenAI model ids leave Perplexity's Agent API",
      "summary": "At 00:00 UTC, gpt-5.4, its mini and nano, gpt-5.2, gpt-5.1, gpt-5 and gpt-5-mini retire from the Agent and Orchestrator APIs.",
      "models": [
        {
          "id": "openai/gpt-5.4-nano",
          "name": "GPT-5.4 nano",
          "url": "https://infro.io/models/openai/gpt-5.4-nano"
        }
      ],
      "ids": [
        "gpt-5.4",
        "gpt-5.4-mini",
        "gpt-5.2",
        "gpt-5.1",
        "gpt-5",
        "gpt-5-mini"
      ],
      "featured": false,
      "source": {
        "title": "Changelog",
        "publisher": "Perplexity",
        "url": "https://docs.perplexity.ai/changelog",
        "read": "2026-10-19"
      },
      "url": "https://infro.io/ai-updates#perplexity-gpt-5-ids-retire"
    },
    {
      "id": "deepseek-tool-billing",
      "date": "2026-10-31",
      "vendor": "deepseek",
      "vendorName": "DeepSeek",
      "kind": "price",
      "title": "DeepSeek starts billing server-side tool calls",
      "summary": "Server-side tool calls through DeepSeek Harness, Claude Code and Codex, free until now, bill from 16:00 UTC.",
      "models": [],
      "ids": [],
      "featured": false,
      "source": {
        "title": "DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash-1017",
        "publisher": "DeepSeek",
        "url": "https://api-docs.deepseek.com/news/news261017/",
        "read": "2026-10-19"
      },
      "url": "https://infro.io/ai-updates#deepseek-tool-billing"
    },
    {
      "id": "mistral-glm-5-2-retired",
      "date": "2026-10-31",
      "vendor": "mistral",
      "vendorName": "Mistral AI",
      "kind": "shutdown",
      "title": "GLM 5.2 retires on Mistral's platform",
      "summary": "Mistral replaces GLM 5.2 with GLM 5.3 on its own platform.",
      "models": [
        {
          "id": "zai/glm-5.2",
          "name": "GLM-5.2",
          "url": "https://infro.io/models/zai/glm-5.2"
        },
        {
          "id": "zai/glm-5.3",
          "name": "GLM-5.3",
          "url": "https://infro.io/models/zai/glm-5.3"
        }
      ],
      "ids": [],
      "featured": false,
      "source": {
        "title": "Changelog",
        "publisher": "Mistral AI",
        "url": "https://docs.mistral.ai/getting-started/changelog",
        "read": "2026-10-06"
      },
      "url": "https://infro.io/ai-updates#mistral-glm-5-2-retired"
    },
    {
      "id": "openai-evals-read-only",
      "date": "2026-10-31",
      "vendor": "openai",
      "vendorName": "OpenAI",
      "kind": "platform",
      "title": "OpenAI Evals become read-only",
      "summary": "Existing evals turn read-only ahead of the 30 November shutdown of the Evals platform.",
      "models": [],
      "ids": [],
      "featured": false,
      "source": {
        "title": "Deprecations",
        "publisher": "OpenAI",
        "url": "https://developers.openai.com/api/docs/deprecations",
        "read": "2026-10-19"
      },
      "url": "https://infro.io/ai-updates#openai-evals-read-only"
    },
    {
      "id": "grok-imagine-quality-retired",
      "date": "2026-11-02",
      "vendor": "xai",
      "vendorName": "xAI",
      "kind": "shutdown",
      "title": "grok-imagine-image-quality retires",
      "summary": "Requests are served by grok-imagine-image-2.0 at quality low, at a lower per-image price, with the same request and response shape.",
      "models": [
        {
          "id": "xai/grok-imagine-image-quality",
          "name": "Grok Imagine Image Quality",
          "url": "https://infro.io/models/xai/grok-imagine-image-quality"
        },
        {
          "id": "xai/grok-imagine-image-2",
          "name": "Grok Imagine 2.0",
          "url": "https://infro.io/models/xai/grok-imagine-image-2"
        }
      ],
      "ids": [],
      "featured": false,
      "source": {
        "title": "Release notes",
        "publisher": "xAI",
        "url": "https://docs.x.ai/developers/release-notes",
        "read": "2026-10-19"
      },
      "url": "https://infro.io/ai-updates#grok-imagine-quality-retired"
    },
    {
      "id": "seedance-1-5-pro-openrouter",
      "date": "2026-11-11",
      "vendor": "openrouter",
      "vendorName": "OpenRouter",
      "kind": "shutdown",
      "title": "Seedance 1.5 Pro expires on OpenRouter",
      "summary": "OpenRouter's own expiration date for bytedance/seedance-1-5-pro. It covers OpenRouter only, not the other providers serving the model.",
      "models": [
        {
          "id": "bytedance/seedance-1.5-pro",
          "name": "Seedance 1.5 Pro",
          "url": "https://infro.io/models/bytedance/seedance-1.5-pro"
        }
      ],
      "ids": [],
      "featured": false,
      "source": {
        "title": "Models API",
        "publisher": "OpenRouter",
        "url": "https://openrouter.ai/api/v1/models?output_modalities=all",
        "read": "2026-10-17"
      },
      "url": "https://infro.io/ai-updates#seedance-1-5-pro-openrouter"
    },
    {
      "id": "gemini-3-1-flash-tts-shutdown",
      "date": "2026-11-17",
      "dateNote": "earliest",
      "vendor": "google",
      "vendorName": "Google",
      "kind": "shutdown",
      "title": "Gemini preview TTS and Live models shut down",
      "summary": "Five preview text-to-speech, Live and native-audio ids leave the Gemini API. Google recommends gemini-3.8-flash-tts, -flash-lite-tts or gemini-3.8-live.",
      "models": [
        {
          "id": "google/gemini-3.1-flash-tts",
          "name": "Gemini 3.1 Flash TTS",
          "url": "https://infro.io/models/google/gemini-3.1-flash-tts"
        }
      ],
      "ids": [
        "gemini-3.1-flash-live-preview",
        "gemini-2.5-flash-native-audio-preview-12-2025",
        "gemini-2.5-flash-preview-tts",
        "gemini-2.5-pro-preview-tts"
      ],
      "featured": false,
      "source": {
        "title": "Gemini deprecations",
        "publisher": "Google",
        "url": "https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/deprecations",
        "read": "2026-10-19"
      },
      "url": "https://infro.io/ai-updates#gemini-3-1-flash-tts-shutdown"
    },
    {
      "id": "azure-o-series-retired",
      "date": "2026-11-19",
      "vendor": "microsoft",
      "vendorName": "Microsoft Azure",
      "kind": "shutdown",
      "title": "o-series models retire on Azure OpenAI",
      "summary": "o1, o1-pro, o3, o3-pro, o3-mini, o4-mini and o3-deep-research retire. Azure recommends GPT-5.6 Sol or Terra.",
      "models": [
        {
          "id": "openai/o3",
          "name": "o3",
          "url": "https://infro.io/models/openai/o3"
        },
        {
          "id": "openai/o3-pro",
          "name": "o3-pro",
          "url": "https://infro.io/models/openai/o3-pro"
        },
        {
          "id": "openai/gpt-5.6-sol",
          "name": "GPT-5.6 Sol",
          "url": "https://infro.io/models/openai/gpt-5.6-sol"
        },
        {
          "id": "openai/gpt-5.6-terra",
          "name": "GPT-5.6 Terra",
          "url": "https://infro.io/models/openai/gpt-5.6-terra"
        }
      ],
      "ids": [],
      "featured": false,
      "source": {
        "title": "Model retirement schedule",
        "publisher": "Microsoft",
        "url": "https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/foundry/openai/concepts/model-retirement-schedule",
        "read": "2026-10-19"
      },
      "url": "https://infro.io/ai-updates#azure-o-series-retired"
    },
    {
      "id": "vertex-gemini-3-6-flash-retired",
      "date": "2026-11-19",
      "vendor": "google-cloud",
      "vendorName": "Google Cloud",
      "kind": "shutdown",
      "title": "Gemini 3.6 Flash retires on Vertex AI",
      "summary": "Vertex AI names Gemini 3.8 Flash as the replacement.",
      "models": [
        {
          "id": "google/gemini-3.6-flash",
          "name": "Gemini 3.6 Flash",
          "url": "https://infro.io/models/google/gemini-3.6-flash"
        },
        {
          "id": "google/gemini-3.8-flash",
          "name": "Gemini 3.8 Flash",
          "url": "https://infro.io/models/google/gemini-3.8-flash"
        }
      ],
      "ids": [],
      "featured": false,
      "source": {
        "title": "Model versions and lifecycle",
        "publisher": "Google Cloud",
        "url": "https://docs.cloud.google.com/vertex-ai/generative-ai/docs/learn/model-versions",
        "read": "2026-10-19"
      },
      "url": "https://infro.io/ai-updates#vertex-gemini-3-6-flash-retired"
    },
    {
      "id": "gpt-5-6-sol-promotion",
      "date": "2026-11-21",
      "vendor": "openai",
      "vendorName": "OpenAI",
      "kind": "price",
      "title": "GPT-5.6 Sol promotional price guaranteed until here",
      "summary": "OpenAI guarantees the promotional rate at least through this date. Budgets that run past it should use the standard rate.",
      "models": [
        {
          "id": "openai/gpt-5.6-sol",
          "name": "GPT-5.6 Sol",
          "url": "https://infro.io/models/openai/gpt-5.6-sol"
        }
      ],
      "ids": [],
      "featured": false,
      "source": {
        "title": "Pricing",
        "publisher": "OpenAI",
        "url": "https://developers.openai.com/api/docs/pricing",
        "read": "2026-10-06"
      },
      "url": "https://infro.io/ai-updates#gpt-5-6-sol-promotion"
    },
    {
      "id": "claude-sonnet-4-5-retired",
      "date": "2026-11-30",
      "vendor": "anthropic",
      "vendorName": "Anthropic",
      "kind": "shutdown",
      "title": "Claude Sonnet 4.5 retires",
      "summary": "Requests to Sonnet 4.5 stop working. Anthropic's replacement is Sonnet 5.5.",
      "models": [
        {
          "id": "anthropic/claude-sonnet-5.5",
          "name": "Claude Sonnet 5.5",
          "url": "https://infro.io/models/anthropic/claude-sonnet-5.5"
        }
      ],
      "ids": [],
      "featured": false,
      "source": {
        "title": "API release notes",
        "publisher": "Anthropic",
        "url": "https://platform.claude.com/docs/en/release-notes/api",
        "read": "2026-10-06"
      },
      "url": "https://infro.io/ai-updates#claude-sonnet-4-5-retired"
    },
    {
      "id": "openai-agent-builder-evals-shutdown",
      "date": "2026-11-30",
      "vendor": "openai",
      "vendorName": "OpenAI",
      "kind": "shutdown",
      "title": "Prompts API, Agent Builder and Evals shut down",
      "summary": "OpenAI ends the reusable prompts API, Agent Builder and the Evals platform.",
      "models": [],
      "ids": [],
      "featured": false,
      "source": {
        "title": "Deprecations",
        "publisher": "OpenAI",
        "url": "https://developers.openai.com/api/docs/deprecations",
        "read": "2026-10-17"
      },
      "url": "https://infro.io/ai-updates#openai-agent-builder-evals-shutdown"
    },
    {
      "id": "gemini-4-argon-price",
      "date": "2026-12-01",
      "vendor": "google",
      "vendorName": "Google",
      "kind": "price",
      "title": "Gemini 4 Argon price doubles",
      "summary": "From $2 input and $10 output to $4 and $20 per 1M tokens; output includes thinking tokens.",
      "models": [],
      "ids": [
        "gemini-4-argon"
      ],
      "featured": false,
      "source": {
        "title": "Gemini Developer API pricing",
        "publisher": "Google",
        "url": "https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/pricing",
        "read": "2026-10-19"
      },
      "url": "https://infro.io/ai-updates#gemini-4-argon-price"
    },
    {
      "id": "gpt-image-1-5-shutdown",
      "date": "2026-12-01",
      "vendor": "openai",
      "vendorName": "OpenAI",
      "kind": "shutdown",
      "title": "gpt-image-1.5 and gpt-image-1-mini shut down",
      "summary": "OpenAI recommends GPT Image 2.5 Sunburst or GPT Image 2.5 Flare.",
      "models": [
        {
          "id": "openai/gpt-image-1.5",
          "name": "GPT Image 1.5",
          "url": "https://infro.io/models/openai/gpt-image-1.5"
        },
        {
          "id": "openai/gpt-image-1-mini",
          "name": "GPT Image 1 Mini",
          "url": "https://infro.io/models/openai/gpt-image-1-mini"
        },
        {
          "id": "openai/gpt-image-2.5-sunburst",
          "name": "GPT Image 2.5 Sunburst",
          "url": "https://infro.io/models/openai/gpt-image-2.5-sunburst"
        },
        {
          "id": "openai/gpt-image-2.5-flare",
          "name": "GPT Image 2.5 Flare",
          "url": "https://infro.io/models/openai/gpt-image-2.5-flare"
        }
      ],
      "ids": [],
      "featured": false,
      "source": {
        "title": "Deprecations",
        "publisher": "OpenAI",
        "url": "https://developers.openai.com/api/docs/deprecations",
        "read": "2026-10-17"
      },
      "url": "https://infro.io/ai-updates#gpt-image-1-5-shutdown"
    },
    {
      "id": "o3-snapshots-shutdown",
      "date": "2026-12-11",
      "vendor": "openai",
      "vendorName": "OpenAI",
      "kind": "shutdown",
      "title": "GPT-5 and o3 dated snapshots shut down",
      "summary": "The 2025 GPT-5, GPT-5 mini, nano and pro snapshots and o3-2025-04-16 and o3-pro-2025-06-10 stop answering. OpenAI recommends GPT-5.6 Sol, Terra or Luna.",
      "models": [
        {
          "id": "openai/o3",
          "name": "o3",
          "url": "https://infro.io/models/openai/o3"
        },
        {
          "id": "openai/o3-pro",
          "name": "o3-pro",
          "url": "https://infro.io/models/openai/o3-pro"
        },
        {
          "id": "openai/gpt-5.6-sol",
          "name": "GPT-5.6 Sol",
          "url": "https://infro.io/models/openai/gpt-5.6-sol"
        },
        {
          "id": "openai/gpt-5.6-terra",
          "name": "GPT-5.6 Terra",
          "url": "https://infro.io/models/openai/gpt-5.6-terra"
        },
        {
          "id": "openai/gpt-5.6-luna",
          "name": "GPT-5.6 Luna",
          "url": "https://infro.io/models/openai/gpt-5.6-luna"
        }
      ],
      "ids": [
        "gpt-5-2025-08-07",
        "gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07",
        "gpt-5-nano-2025-08-07",
        "gpt-5-pro-2025-10-06"
      ],
      "featured": false,
      "source": {
        "title": "Deprecations",
        "publisher": "OpenAI",
        "url": "https://developers.openai.com/api/docs/deprecations",
        "read": "2026-10-19"
      },
      "url": "https://infro.io/ai-updates#o3-snapshots-shutdown"
    },
    {
      "id": "azure-whisper-tts-retired",
      "date": "2026-12-15",
      "vendor": "microsoft",
      "vendorName": "Microsoft Azure",
      "kind": "shutdown",
      "title": "whisper, tts and tts-hd retire on Azure OpenAI",
      "summary": "Azure retires whisper 001, tts 001 and tts-hd 001 and lists no replacement.",
      "models": [],
      "ids": [],
      "featured": false,
      "source": {
        "title": "Model retirement schedule",
        "publisher": "Microsoft",
        "url": "https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/foundry/openai/concepts/model-retirement-schedule",
        "read": "2026-10-19"
      },
      "url": "https://infro.io/ai-updates#azure-whisper-tts-retired"
    },
    {
      "id": "gemini-flash-price-rise",
      "date": "2027-01-01",
      "vendor": "google",
      "vendorName": "Google",
      "kind": "price",
      "title": "Gemini 3.8, 3.7 and 3.6 Flash prices double",
      "summary": "From $0.75 input and $3.75 output to $1.50 and $7.50, with context caching doubling the same day.",
      "models": [
        {
          "id": "google/gemini-3.8-flash",
          "name": "Gemini 3.8 Flash",
          "url": "https://infro.io/models/google/gemini-3.8-flash"
        }
      ],
      "ids": [],
      "featured": false,
      "source": {
        "title": "Gemini Developer API pricing",
        "publisher": "Google",
        "url": "https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/pricing",
        "read": "2026-10-06"
      },
      "url": "https://infro.io/ai-updates#gemini-flash-price-rise"
    },
    {
      "id": "tts-1-shutdown",
      "date": "2027-01-06",
      "vendor": "openai",
      "vendorName": "OpenAI",
      "kind": "shutdown",
      "title": "tts-1 and tts-1-hd shut down",
      "summary": "OpenAI recommends gpt-realtime-2.1-mini.",
      "models": [
        {
          "id": "openai/tts-1",
          "name": "TTS-1",
          "url": "https://infro.io/models/openai/tts-1"
        },
        {
          "id": "openai/tts-1-hd",
          "name": "TTS-1 HD",
          "url": "https://infro.io/models/openai/tts-1-hd"
        }
      ],
      "ids": [],
      "featured": false,
      "source": {
        "title": "Deprecations",
        "publisher": "OpenAI",
        "url": "https://developers.openai.com/api/docs/deprecations",
        "read": "2026-10-17"
      },
      "url": "https://infro.io/ai-updates#tts-1-shutdown"
    },
    {
      "id": "gpt-4o-snapshots-shutdown",
      "date": "2027-01-14",
      "vendor": "openai",
      "vendorName": "OpenAI",
      "kind": "shutdown",
      "title": "GPT-4.1 and GPT-4o snapshots shut down",
      "summary": "gpt-4.1-2025-04-14, gpt-4.1-mini-2025-04-14, gpt-4o-2024-08-06, gpt-4o-2024-11-20 and gpt-4o-mini-2024-07-18 stop answering. OpenAI recommends GPT-6 Luna.",
      "models": [
        {
          "id": "openai/gpt-4.1",
          "name": "GPT-4.1",
          "url": "https://infro.io/models/openai/gpt-4.1"
        },
        {
          "id": "openai/gpt-4.1-mini",
          "name": "GPT-4.1 mini",
          "url": "https://infro.io/models/openai/gpt-4.1-mini"
        },
        {
          "id": "openai/gpt-4o",
          "name": "GPT-4o",
          "url": "https://infro.io/models/openai/gpt-4o"
        },
        {
          "id": "openai/gpt-4o-mini",
          "name": "GPT-4o mini",
          "url": "https://infro.io/models/openai/gpt-4o-mini"
        },
        {
          "id": "openai/gpt-6-luna",
          "name": "GPT-6 Luna",
          "url": "https://infro.io/models/openai/gpt-6-luna"
        }
      ],
      "ids": [],
      "featured": false,
      "source": {
        "title": "Deprecations",
        "publisher": "OpenAI",
        "url": "https://developers.openai.com/api/docs/deprecations",
        "read": "2026-10-17"
      },
      "url": "https://infro.io/ai-updates#gpt-4o-snapshots-shutdown"
    },
    {
      "id": "openai-realtime-audio-shutdown",
      "date": "2027-01-20",
      "vendor": "openai",
      "vendorName": "OpenAI",
      "kind": "shutdown",
      "title": "Legacy realtime and audio models shut down",
      "summary": "gpt-realtime, gpt-realtime-mini, gpt-audio and the GPT-4o audio models stop answering. OpenAI recommends gpt-realtime-2.1 and gpt-audio-1.5.",
      "models": [],
      "ids": [
        "gpt-realtime",
        "gpt-realtime-mini",
        "gpt-audio",
        "gpt-audio-mini",
        "gpt-4o-realtime",
        "gpt-4o-audio"
      ],
      "featured": false,
      "source": {
        "title": "Deprecations",
        "publisher": "OpenAI",
        "url": "https://developers.openai.com/api/docs/deprecations",
        "read": "2026-10-19"
      },
      "url": "https://infro.io/ai-updates#openai-realtime-audio-shutdown"
    },
    {
      "id": "vertex-gemini-3-7-flash-retired",
      "date": "2027-01-28",
      "vendor": "google-cloud",
      "vendorName": "Google Cloud",
      "kind": "shutdown",
      "title": "Gemini 3.7 Flash retires on Vertex AI",
      "summary": "Vertex AI names Gemini 3.8 Flash as the replacement.",
      "models": [
        {
          "id": "google/gemini-3.7-flash",
          "name": "Gemini 3.7 Flash",
          "url": "https://infro.io/models/google/gemini-3.7-flash"
        },
        {
          "id": "google/gemini-3.8-flash",
          "name": "Gemini 3.8 Flash",
          "url": "https://infro.io/models/google/gemini-3.8-flash"
        }
      ],
      "ids": [],
      "featured": false,
      "source": {
        "title": "Model versions and lifecycle",
        "publisher": "Google Cloud",
        "url": "https://docs.cloud.google.com/vertex-ai/generative-ai/docs/learn/model-versions",
        "read": "2026-10-19"
      },
      "url": "https://infro.io/ai-updates#vertex-gemini-3-7-flash-retired"
    },
    {
      "id": "azure-gpt-5-retired",
      "date": "2027-02-09",
      "vendor": "microsoft",
      "vendorName": "Microsoft Azure",
      "kind": "shutdown",
      "title": "GPT-5 2025-08-07 retires on Azure OpenAI",
      "summary": "gpt-5, gpt-5-mini and gpt-5-nano version 2025-08-07 retire on Azure; OpenAI's own date for the same snapshots is 11 December 2026.",
      "models": [],
      "ids": [
        "gpt-5",
        "gpt-5-mini",
        "gpt-5-nano"
      ],
      "featured": false,
      "source": {
        "title": "Model retirement schedule",
        "publisher": "Microsoft",
        "url": "https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/foundry/openai/concepts/model-retirement-schedule",
        "read": "2026-10-19"
      },
      "url": "https://infro.io/ai-updates#azure-gpt-5-retired"
    },
    {
      "id": "whisper-1-shutdown",
      "date": "2027-02-26",
      "vendor": "openai",
      "vendorName": "OpenAI",
      "kind": "shutdown",
      "title": "whisper-1 and GPT-4o transcription shut down",
      "summary": "whisper-1, the GPT-4o transcribe models and /v1/audio/translations stop answering. OpenAI recommends gpt-transcribe or gpt-live-transcribe, and realtime translations.",
      "models": [
        {
          "id": "openai/whisper-1",
          "name": "Whisper",
          "url": "https://infro.io/models/openai/whisper-1"
        },
        {
          "id": "openai/gpt-4o-transcribe",
          "name": "GPT-4o Transcribe",
          "url": "https://infro.io/models/openai/gpt-4o-transcribe"
        },
        {
          "id": "openai/gpt-4o-mini-transcribe",
          "name": "GPT-4o mini Transcribe",
          "url": "https://infro.io/models/openai/gpt-4o-mini-transcribe"
        },
        {
          "id": "openai/gpt-transcribe",
          "name": "GPT-Transcribe",
          "url": "https://infro.io/models/openai/gpt-transcribe"
        }
      ],
      "ids": [],
      "featured": false,
      "source": {
        "title": "Deprecations",
        "publisher": "OpenAI",
        "url": "https://developers.openai.com/api/docs/deprecations",
        "read": "2026-10-17"
      },
      "url": "https://infro.io/ai-updates#whisper-1-shutdown"
    },
    {
      "id": "nano-banana-shutdown",
      "date": "2027-03-15",
      "dateNote": "earliest",
      "vendor": "google",
      "vendorName": "Google",
      "kind": "shutdown",
      "title": "Original Nano Banana leaves the Gemini API",
      "summary": "gemini-2.5-flash-image stops answering on the Gemini API; Google recommends Nano Banana 2 Lite.",
      "models": [
        {
          "id": "google/nano-banana",
          "name": "Nano Banana",
          "url": "https://infro.io/models/google/nano-banana"
        },
        {
          "id": "google/nano-banana-2-lite",
          "name": "Nano Banana 2 Lite",
          "url": "https://infro.io/models/google/nano-banana-2-lite"
        }
      ],
      "ids": [],
      "featured": false,
      "source": {
        "title": "Gemini deprecations",
        "publisher": "Google",
        "url": "https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/deprecations",
        "read": "2026-10-17"
      },
      "url": "https://infro.io/ai-updates#nano-banana-shutdown"
    },
    {
      "id": "gpt-5-1-shutdown",
      "date": "2027-04-01",
      "vendor": "openai",
      "vendorName": "OpenAI",
      "kind": "shutdown",
      "title": "GPT-5.4 nano, GPT-5.1 and GPT-5.3-Codex shut down",
      "summary": "The models deprecated on 1 October 2026 stop answering.",
      "models": [
        {
          "id": "openai/gpt-5.4-nano",
          "name": "GPT-5.4 nano",
          "url": "https://infro.io/models/openai/gpt-5.4-nano"
        },
        {
          "id": "openai/gpt-5.3-codex",
          "name": "GPT-5.3 Codex",
          "url": "https://infro.io/models/openai/gpt-5.3-codex"
        },
        {
          "id": "openai/gpt-6-luna",
          "name": "GPT-6 Luna",
          "url": "https://infro.io/models/openai/gpt-6-luna"
        },
        {
          "id": "openai/gpt-6-sol",
          "name": "GPT-6 Sol",
          "url": "https://infro.io/models/openai/gpt-6-sol"
        }
      ],
      "ids": [],
      "featured": false,
      "source": {
        "title": "Deprecations",
        "publisher": "OpenAI",
        "url": "https://developers.openai.com/api/docs/deprecations",
        "read": "2026-10-17"
      },
      "url": "https://infro.io/ai-updates#gpt-5-1-shutdown"
    },
    {
      "id": "azure-gpt-4o-retired",
      "date": "2027-04-14",
      "vendor": "microsoft",
      "vendorName": "Microsoft Azure",
      "kind": "shutdown",
      "title": "GPT-4o and GPT-4.1 retire on Azure OpenAI",
      "summary": "The 2025-04-14 GPT-4.1 family and the 2024 GPT-4o and GPT-4o mini versions retire on Azure; OpenAI's API date is 14 January 2027.",
      "models": [
        {
          "id": "openai/gpt-4.1",
          "name": "GPT-4.1",
          "url": "https://infro.io/models/openai/gpt-4.1"
        },
        {
          "id": "openai/gpt-4.1-mini",
          "name": "GPT-4.1 mini",
          "url": "https://infro.io/models/openai/gpt-4.1-mini"
        },
        {
          "id": "openai/gpt-4o",
          "name": "GPT-4o",
          "url": "https://infro.io/models/openai/gpt-4o"
        },
        {
          "id": "openai/gpt-4o-mini",
          "name": "GPT-4o mini",
          "url": "https://infro.io/models/openai/gpt-4o-mini"
        }
      ],
      "ids": [],
      "featured": false,
      "source": {
        "title": "Model retirement schedule",
        "publisher": "Microsoft",
        "url": "https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/foundry/openai/concepts/model-retirement-schedule",
        "read": "2026-10-19"
      },
      "url": "https://infro.io/ai-updates#azure-gpt-4o-retired"
    },
    {
      "id": "gemini-3-1-flash-lite-shutdown",
      "date": "2027-05-07",
      "dateNote": "earliest",
      "vendor": "google",
      "vendorName": "Google",
      "kind": "shutdown",
      "title": "Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite leaves the Gemini API",
      "summary": "The earliest shutdown date for gemini-3.1-flash-lite; Google recommends gemini-3.5-flash-lite.",
      "models": [
        {
          "id": "google/gemini-3.1-flash-lite",
          "name": "Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite",
          "url": "https://infro.io/models/google/gemini-3.1-flash-lite"
        }
      ],
      "ids": [],
      "featured": false,
      "source": {
        "title": "Gemini deprecations",
        "publisher": "Google",
        "url": "https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/deprecations",
        "read": "2026-10-19"
      },
      "url": "https://infro.io/ai-updates#gemini-3-1-flash-lite-shutdown"
    },
    {
      "id": "eu-ai-act-high-risk",
      "date": "2027-12-02",
      "vendor": "eu",
      "vendorName": "European Union",
      "kind": "regulation",
      "title": "EU AI Act rules for high-risk systems apply",
      "summary": "The Commission states the rules for high-risk systems — areas such as employment, education and critical infrastructure — apply from this date.",
      "models": [],
      "ids": [],
      "featured": false,
      "source": {
        "title": "AI Act",
        "publisher": "European Commission",
        "url": "https://digital-strategy.ec.europa.eu/en/policies/regulatory-framework-ai",
        "read": "2026-10-06"
      },
      "url": "https://infro.io/ai-updates#eu-ai-act-high-risk"
    }
  ]
}