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davinci-002

davinci-002

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

The larger of the two base models OpenAI shipped in August 2023, and the last thing to carry the davinci name — which had once meant the best model OpenAI had, from a time when the best model OpenAI had could only continue a sentence. It was sold as something to fine-tune rather than something to talk to. On 28 September the name leaves the API for good.

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

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