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davinci-002
davinci-002 is an AI model made by OpenAI. It is retired. OpenAI retired it on 28 September 2026. Its longest answer is 16,384 tokens.
davinci-002 is an AI model made by OpenAI. It is retired. OpenAI retired it on 28 September 2026. Its longest answer is 16,384 tokens. Through the API it costs $2.00 per 1M tokens for input and $2.00 per 1M tokens for output. Its knowledge cutoff is 1 September 2021.
- Released
- Not confirmed: The maker's announcement says the models are available “Today,” but the page does not print a calendar date for that announcement or a dated first-availability date for davinci-002.
- Status
- Retired — developers.openai.com, read 16 October 2026
- Retired
- 28 September 2026 — developers.openai.com, read 16 October 2026
- Takes
- Not confirmed: two readings disagree: text, code and text
- Returns
- Not confirmed: two readings disagree: text, code and text
- Open weights
- Not confirmed: The maker's model page does not state whether davinci-002 has downloadable open weights.
- Licence
- Not confirmed: The maker's pages reviewed do not name a licence for davinci-002.
- Context window
- Not confirmed: The maker's model page prints a maximum output limit, but does not print a context-window value for davinci-002.
- Longest answer
- 16,384 tokens — developers.openai.com, read 16 October 2026
- Knowledge cutoff
- 1 September 2021 — developers.openai.com, read 16 October 2026
- API price, input
- $2.00 per 1M tokens — developers.openai.com, read 16 October 2026
- API price, output
- $2.00 per 1M tokens — developers.openai.com, read 16 October 2026
- Where
- API — developers.openai.com, read 16 October 2026
- Parameters
- Not confirmed: The maker's pages reviewed do not publish a parameter count for davinci-002.
- Model card
- Not confirmed: The maker publishes a model-details page for davinci-002, but the reviewed pages do not identify a model card or system card for it.
Questions
Is davinci-002 still available?
No: OpenAI retired davinci-002 on 28 September 2026.
How much does the davinci-002 API cost?
On the standard tier, davinci-002 costs $2.00 per 1M tokens for input and $2.00 per 1M tokens for output, as OpenAI lists it.
What is the knowledge cutoff of davinci-002?
The knowledge cutoff of davinci-002 is 1 September 2021.
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Sources
- davinci-002 Model | OpenAI API (read 16 October 2026)
- Deprecations | OpenAI API (read 16 October 2026)
- GPT-3.5 Turbo fine-tuning and API updates (read 16 October 2026)