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DALL·E 2

DALL·E 2 is an AI model made by OpenAI. It is retired. OpenAI retired it on 12 May 2026.

Released: Not confirmed: two readings disagree: 2022-03 and 2022-07
Status: Retired — developers.openai.com, read 16 October 2026
Retired: 12 May 2026 — developers.openai.com, read 16 October 2026
Takes: Not confirmed: two readings disagree: text, image and text
Returns: Image — github.com, read 16 October 2026
Open weights: Not confirmed: The official pages reviewed do not explicitly state whether DALL·E 2's weights are open or closed.
Licence: Not confirmed: The official pages reviewed do not name a licence for DALL·E 2's weights or model.
Context window: Not confirmed: The official model page and system card do not print a context-window size in tokens.
Longest answer: Not confirmed: The official model page and system card do not print a maximum output length in tokens.
Knowledge cutoff: Not confirmed: The official pages reviewed do not state a knowledge-cutoff date for DALL·E 2.
API price, input: Not confirmed: The official pages reviewed do not state a standard input price per 1,000,000 tokens for DALL·E 2.
API price, output: Not confirmed: The official pages reviewed do not state a standard output price per 1,000,000 tokens for DALL·E 2.
Where: Not confirmed: two readings disagree: api, app and api
Parameters: Not confirmed: The official pages reviewed do not publish a parameter count for DALL·E 2.
Model card: https://github.com/openai/dalle-2-preview/blob/main/system-card.md — github.com, read 16 October 2026

Questions

No: OpenAI retired DALL·E 2 on 12 May 2026.

DALL·E 2 (read 16 October 2026)
DALL·E 2 Preview - Risks and Limitations (read 16 October 2026)
DALL·E 2 Model (read 16 October 2026)
Deprecations (read 16 October 2026)
DALL·E now available without waitlist (read 16 October 2026)