ModelsPublished All news from that day
Ongoing case: OpenAI's models Retired · 23 stories
OpenAI schedules the Videos API and Sora 2 models for shutdown
OpenAI's deprecations page lists a 24 September shutdown date for the Videos API and five Sora 2 model entries.
Check our sources · 3 facts from 1 sourceOpenAI's deprecations page states it notified developers on 24 March 2026 that the Videos API and Sora 2 video generation model aliases and snapshots would be deprecated and removed from the API on 24 September 2026. The page lists six rows under this deprecation — the Videos API, sora-2, sora-2-pro and three dated snapshots — each with a shutdown date of 2026-09-24 and a dash in the Recommended replacement column.
Underlined sentences link to the facts we checked. Dotted words open a short explainer.
Fact 2 of 3 · from OpenAI, 24 Sep 2026
2026-03-24: Sora 2 video generation models and Videos API
Your reaction
We count reactions per story and day, never who reacted. The counts help us choose what goes in the monthly issue. If you are signed in, your own page shows yours too.
We count reactions per story and day, never who reacted. They help choose what goes in the monthly issue.
Check our sources
Every sentence above is checked against this source.
1 Deprecations
Open the source archived copy-
OpenAI notified developers on 24 March 2026 that the Videos API and the Sora 2 video generation model aliases and snapshots would be deprecated and removed from the API on 24 September 2026.
citeOn March 24th, 2026, we notified developers using the Videos API and Sora 2 video generation model aliases and snapshots of their deprecation and removal from the API on September 24, 2026.
-
The deprecations table lists the Videos API, sora-2, sora-2-pro and three dated sora-2 snapshots with a shutdown date of 2026-09-24 and a dash in the Recommended replacement column.
Toned down to what the source says
cite2026-03-24: Sora 2 video generation models and Videos API
-
OpenAI's deprecations page lists six rows for this deprecation — the Videos API, sora-2, sora-2-pro, and three dated snapshots (sora-2-2025-10-06, sora-2-2025-12-08, sora-2-pro-2025-10-06) — each with a shutdown date of 2026-09-24 and a dash in the Recommended replacement column.
cite2026-03-24: Sora 2 video generation models and Videos API
Every sentence above is checked against this source. Each fact has its own address you can cite.
Source 1 · OpenAI · 24 Sep 2026
Deprecations
OpenAI notified developers on 24 March 2026 that the Videos API and the Sora 2 video generation model aliases and snapshots would be deprecated and removed from the API on 24 September 2026.
On March 24th, 2026, we notified developers using the Videos API and Sora 2 video generation model aliases and snapshots of their deprecation and removal from the API on September 24, 2026.
The deprecations table lists the Videos API, sora-2, sora-2-pro and three dated sora-2 snapshots with a shutdown date of 2026-09-24 and a dash in the Recommended replacement column.
Toned down to what the source says2026-03-24: Sora 2 video generation models and Videos API
OpenAI's deprecations page lists six rows for this deprecation — the Videos API, sora-2, sora-2-pro, and three dated snapshots (sora-2-2025-10-06, sora-2-2025-12-08, sora-2-pro-2025-10-06) — each with a shutdown date of 2026-09-24 and a dash in the Recommended replacement column.
2026-03-24: Sora 2 video generation models and Videos API
Topics
The morning email
On the mornings we publish: the three top stories and up to four short ones. Free.
We email you a link to confirm. An issue may include one sponsor, always labelled Sponsored · Advertisement. Our emails count opens and clicks, not who made them. Unsubscribe in one click. What we keep