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babbage-002

babbage-002

2023-08-22still running · lived 3 years · plot reserved

A base model in the old sense: no roles, no chat, just the most likely continuation of whatever you typed. OpenAI named four replacements for the retiring GPT-3 base models in July 2023 and shipped two of them; this was the small one. It goes on 28 September, and the completions endpoint goes with it.

Provider
OpenAI
Cause of death
Retired
Funeral
2026-09-28

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