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gpt-3.5-turbo-instruct (OpenAI) was shut down on Sep 28, 2026; calls to it fail. OpenAI recommends gpt-5.6-terra instead.

gpt-3.5-turbo-instruct

gpt-3.5-turbo-instruct (OpenAI) was shut down on Sep 28, 2026; calls to it fail. OpenAI recommends gpt-5.6-terra instead.

Provider
OpenAI
Shutdown
Sep 28, 2026 (already shut down)
Announced
Sep 26, 2025
Replace with
gpt-5.6-terra

Source: https://developers.openai.com/api/docs/deprecations · report a wrong date

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$ npx dead-models