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DateForWhatTypeSource
Nov 17, 2026MiniMax's 50% off 4K MiniMax-H3-Image generation ends at 16:00 UTC (10 AM CT)Promo endsminimax.io
Nov 30, 2026Claude Sonnet 4.5Claude Sonnet 4.5 (claude-sonnet-4-5-20250929) retires; Anthropic names Claude Sonnet 5.5 as the replacementDeprecationclaude.com
Nov 30, 2026GPT-5.6 SolGPT-5.6 Sol promotional pricing is available until November 30, 2026Promo endsopenai.com
Dec 1, 2026Gemini 4 ArgonGemini 4 Argon rises from $2 in and $10 out to $4 in and $20 out per 1MPrice increaseblog.google
Dec 1, 2026Gemini 2.5 Flashgemini-2.5-flash requests route to Gemini 3.5 Flash-LiteDeprecationgoogle.dev
Dec 1, 2026Gemini 2.5 Progemini-2.5-pro requests route to Gemini 3.8 FlashDeprecationgoogle.dev
Dec 3, 2026Gemini Omni 1.1 Flashgemini-omni-1.1-flash requests route to Gemini Omni 1.2 FlashDeprecationgoogle.dev
Jan 1, 2027Gemini 3.8 FlashGemini 3.8 Flash doubles to $1.50 in and $7.50 out per 1MPrice increasegoogle.dev
Jan 1, 2027Gemini 3.6 FlashGemini 3.6 Flash doubles to $1.50 in and $7.50 out per 1MPrice increasegoogle.dev
Jan 1, 2027Gemini Robotics ER 2 PreviewGemini Robotics ER 2 Preview doubles to $2 in and $10 out per 1MPrice increasegoogle.dev
Feb 26, 2027GPT-4o Mini Transcribegpt-4o-mini-transcribe shuts down; OpenAI names gpt-live-transcribe or gpt-transcribe as the replacementDeprecationopenai.com
Feb 26, 2027GPT-4o Transcribegpt-4o-transcribe shuts down; OpenAI names gpt-live-transcribe or gpt-transcribe as the replacementDeprecationopenai.com
Mar 15, 2027Nano BananaNano Banana (gemini-2.5-flash-image) shuts downDeprecationgoogle.dev
May 7, 2027Gemini 3.1 Flash-Litegemini-3.1-flash-lite shuts down; Google names gemini-3.5-flash-lite as the replacementDeprecationgoogle.dev

Earliest retirement dates

The maker commits to keep these models running at least until this date. No shutdown is set.

DateForWhatTypeSource
Nov 24, 2026Claude Opus 4.5Claude Opus 4.5: earliest retirement Anthropic commits toNot sooner thanclaude.com
Feb 5, 2027Claude Opus 4.6Claude Opus 4.6: earliest retirement Anthropic commits toNot sooner thanclaude.com
Feb 17, 2027Claude Sonnet 4.6Claude Sonnet 4.6: earliest retirement Anthropic commits toNot sooner thanclaude.com
Apr 16, 2027Claude Opus 4.7Claude Opus 4.7: earliest retirement Anthropic commits toNot sooner thanclaude.com
May 28, 2027Claude Opus 4.8Claude Opus 4.8: earliest retirement Anthropic commits toNot sooner thanclaude.com
Jun 9, 2027Claude Fable 5Claude Fable 5: earliest retirement Anthropic commits toNot sooner thanclaude.com
Jun 9, 2027Claude Mythos 5Claude Mythos 5: earliest retirement Anthropic commits toNot sooner thanclaude.com
Jun 30, 2027Claude Sonnet 5Claude Sonnet 5: earliest retirement Anthropic commits toNot sooner thanclaude.com
Jul 24, 2027Claude Opus 5Claude Opus 5: earliest retirement Anthropic commits toNot sooner thanclaude.com
Sep 1, 2027Claude Fable 5.1Claude Fable 5.1: earliest retirement Anthropic commits toNot sooner thanclaude.com
Sep 1, 2027Claude Mythos 5.1Claude Mythos 5.1: earliest retirement Anthropic commits toNot sooner thanclaude.com
Sep 22, 2027Claude Opus 5.5Claude Opus 5.5: earliest retirement Anthropic commits toNot sooner thanclaude.com
Sep 28, 2027Claude Sonnet 5.5Claude Sonnet 5.5: earliest retirement Anthropic commits toNot sooner thanclaude.com
Oct 7, 2027Claude Haiku 5.5Claude Haiku 5.5: earliest retirement Anthropic commits toNot sooner thanclaude.com
Nov 9, 2027Claude Fable 5.2Claude Fable 5.2: earliest retirement Anthropic commits toNot sooner thanclaude.com
Nov 9, 2027Claude Mythos 5.2Claude Mythos 5.2: earliest retirement Anthropic commits toNot sooner thanclaude.com

Last 60 days

DateForWhatTypeSource
Nov 11, 2026IdeogramIdeogram adds OpenAI GPT Image 2.6 Flare and 2.6 Sunburst, from US $0.0257 an image at 1024 × 1024 lowNew planideogram.ai
Nov 10, 2026MiniMax drops Video Packages from its pricing page; billing is now pay-as-you-go and Audio PackagesPlan removedminimax.io
Nov 9, 2026GitHub CopilotGitHub Copilot lists a Max plan at $100 a user a month, not in our Oct 23 readingNew plangithub.com
Nov 2, 2026grok-imagine-image-quality retires and is served by grok-imagine-image-2.0Deprecationx.ai
Oct 17, 2026DeepSeek V4.1 FlashDeepSeek Flash updated to V4.1-Flash-1017New versiondeepseek.com
Oct 17, 2026DeepSeek V4.1 FlashDeepSeek V4.1 Flash releasedLaunchdeepseek.com
Oct 14, 2026grok-voice-2.0 deprecated and grok-voice-latest now points to 3.0Deprecationx.ai
Oct 13, 2026Gemini 4 ArgonGemini 4 Argon releasedLaunchgoogle.dev
Oct 12, 2026Muse WonderMuse Wonder releasedLaunchllama.com
Oct 7, 2026Claude Haiku 5.5Claude Haiku 5.5 releasedLaunchanthropic.com
Oct 7, 2026Claude Sonnet 5.5Claude Sonnet 5.5 cache reads cut 50 percent to $0.10 per 1MPrice cutanthropic.com
Oct 6, 2026Mistral LargeMistral Large releasedLaunchmistral.ai
Sep 28, 2026Claude Sonnet 5.5Claude Sonnet 5.5 releasedLaunchanthropic.com
Sep 22, 2026Claude Opus 5.5Claude Opus 5.5 releasedLaunchanthropic.com
Sep 21, 2026Grok 4.7Grok 4.7 releasedLaunchx.ai

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Questions

What AI price and model changes are scheduled

Nov 17, 2026: MiniMax's 50% off 4K MiniMax-H3-Image generation ends at 16:00 UTC (10 AM CT). Nov 30, 2026: Claude Sonnet 4.5 (claude-sonnet-4-5-20250929) retires; Anthropic names Claude Sonnet 5.5 as the replacement. Nov 30, 2026: GPT-5.6 Sol promotional pricing is available until November 30, 2026. Dec 1, 2026: Gemini 4 Argon rises from $2 in and $10 out to $4 in and $20 out per 1M.

Where do these dates come from

Each date links to the maker page that announced it. 'Not sooner than' dates are the earliest a maker says it will retire a model, not a set shutdown.