# OpenAI text-davinci-002 — deprecation status

> Yes — text-davinci-002 is retired. OpenAI deprecated it on July 6, 2023 and shut it down on January 4, 2024; API requests to it now fail. The recommended replacement is GPT-3.5 Turbo Instruct.

The first InstructGPT model trained with supervised fine-tuning on human demonstrations, and the immediate predecessor to text-davinci-003. It is the model most 2022-era research papers benchmarked against, which is why the id still turns up in code long after its January 2024 retirement.

## Facts

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Provider | OpenAI |
| Model id | `text-davinci-002` |
| Status | Retired |
| Deprecated | July 6, 2023 |
| Shutdown | January 4, 2024 (938 days ago) |
| Last verified | July 30, 2026 |

## Replacement

- **GPT-3.5 Turbo Instruct** (`gpt-3.5-turbo-instruct`) · recommended — https://modeldeprecations.dev/openai/gpt-3.5-turbo-instruct
  - No current model reproduces this one's behaviour. If you are reproducing a paper rather than shipping a product, an open-weight base model is a closer comparison.
  - Parameters it accepts: https://modelparams.dev/models/openai/gpt-3.5-turbo-instruct

```diff
- "model": "text-davinci-002"
+ "model": "gpt-3.5-turbo-instruct"
```

## FAQ

### When did OpenAI text-davinci-002 shut down?

OpenAI text-davinci-002 shut down on January 4, 2024. API requests to it fail from that date onward.

### What replaces OpenAI text-davinci-002?

OpenAI recommends GPT-3.5 Turbo Instruct (`gpt-3.5-turbo-instruct`) as the replacement for OpenAI text-davinci-002. No current model reproduces this one's behaviour. If you are reproducing a paper rather than shipping a product, an open-weight base model is a closer comparison.

### Is OpenAI text-davinci-002 still available?

No. OpenAI text-davinci-002 is retired and no longer served — it was shut down on January 4, 2024. Calls to it return an error.

### How do I migrate from OpenAI text-davinci-002 to gpt-3.5-turbo-instruct?

Swap the model id in your API call: replace "text-davinci-002" with "gpt-3.5-turbo-instruct". No current model reproduces this one's behaviour. If you are reproducing a paper rather than shipping a product, an open-weight base model is a closer comparison.

## Sources

- [OpenAI API deprecations](https://developers.openai.com/api/docs/deprecations) — accessed 2026-07-30

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