Tech Deathwatch
The frontier death record: deprecated AI models, sunset API versions, killed AI products and features, and shuttered AI/robotics firms — each with its official kill date. A live, dated record, not a retrospective graveyard.
| Headline | Company | Kill date | Date | Coverage |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Google schedules gemini-2.5-flash-image for shutdown on October 2, 2026, and names gemini-3.1-flash-image-preview as the replacement | 2 Oct 2026 | 1 Oct 2026 | Read More → | |
| OpenAI lists gpt-5.4-cyber for API removal on October 1, 2026, and names no successor model | OpenAI | 1 Oct 2026 | 1 Oct 2026 | Read More → |
| OpenAI schedules gpt-5.4-cyber for API removal on October 1, 2026, with no named successor | OpenAI | 1 Oct 2026 | 1 Oct 2026 | Read More → |
| OFAC posts Sept. 30 SDN hash values as list files shift to Sanctions List Service | — | 30 Sep 2026 | 30 Sep 2026 | Read More → |
| Cohere launches Embed 5 embedding models | Cohere | 30 Sep 2026 | 30 Sep 2026 | Read More → |
| Google deprecates Gemini Omni Flash preview endpoint | Gemini | 30 Sep 2026 | 30 Sep 2026 | Read More → |
| AWS retires Nova Reel video model on Bedrock | AWS | 30 Sep 2026 | 30 Sep 2026 | Read More → |
| AWS Retires Nova Canvas Image Model on Bedrock | AWS | 30 Sep 2026 | 30 Sep 2026 | Read More → |
| Nvidia retires OpenShell Community image catalog as runtime goes first-party | Nvidia | 23 Sep 2026 | 28 Sep 2026 | Read More → |
| Maestro Announces Developer API Sunset Effective September 18, 2026 | Maestro | 18 Sep 2026 | 18 Aug 2026 | Read More → |
| Adobe Updates Generative AI Partner Model Retirement List (as of August 18, 2026) | Adobe | 18 Aug 2026 | 18 Aug 2026 | Read More → |
| Google Shuts Down Three Imagen 4 Models on August 17, 2026 | 17 Aug 2026 | 17 Aug 2026 | Read More → | |
| OpenAI Enacts New Self-Serve Fine-Tuning Restrictions Effective July 2, 2026 | OpenAI | 7 May 2026 | 2 Jul 2026 | Read More → |
| Sony Announces End of Physical Disc Production for New PlayStation Games in January 2028 | Sony | 31 Dec 2027 | 1 Jul 2026 | Read More → |
| Google Shuts Down Older Veo Video Models Today; Migrate to Veo 3.1 Preview or GA | Veo | 30 Jun 2026 | 30 Jun 2026 | Read More → |
| Oracle Drops Backend for Microservices and AI 2.1.0 | Oracle | 26 Jun 2026 | 27 Jun 2026 | Read More → |
| Google Retires Two Gemini Image Preview Models on June 25, 2026 | Gemini | 25 Jun 2026 | 25 Jun 2026 | Read More → |
| Microsoft Partner Center Issues June 2026 Updates for Partners | Azure | 25 Jun 2026 | 25 Jun 2026 | Read More → |
| Snowflake Begins Phased Removal of Legacy Worksheets and Dashboards from Snowsight Effective June 22, 2026 (BCR-2260) | Snowflake | 22 Jun 2026 | 22 Jun 2026 | Read More → |
| Firebase Studio Sunset: New Workspace Creation Disabled June 22, 2026; Full Shutdown Set for March 22, 2027 | 22 Mar 2027 | 22 Jun 2026 | Read More → | |
| U.S. Commerce Department Orders Anthropic to Seek Approval for Foreign National Access to Fable 5 and Mythos 5 Models | Anthropic | 12 Jun 2026 | 19 Jun 2026 | Read More → |
| OpenAI Sunsets GPT-5.2 and GPT-5.3-Codex in Codex for ChatGPT Subscribers | OpenAI | 2 Jun 2026 | 18 Jun 2026 | Read More → |
| Google Sunsets Gemini CLI and Gemini Code Assist IDE Extensions Effective June 18 | Gemini | 18 Jun 2026 | 18 Jun 2026 | Read More → |
| Google SecOps Deprecates Legacy Data Export API and Related Endpoints Effective June 18 | 18 Jun 2026 | 18 Jun 2026 | Read More → | |
| ChatGPT Adds Scheduled Tasks Feature, Sunsets Pulse | OpenAI | 17 Jun 2026 | 18 Jun 2026 | Read More → |
| Google Removes Gemini 3.5 Flash Feature Toggle in Enterprise | Gemini | 16 Jun 2026 | 16 Jun 2026 | Read More → |
| Anthropic Enforces Hard Retirement for Two Claude 4 Models Today — Sonnet-4-20250514 and Opus-4-20250514 Cut Off June 15, 2026 | Anthropic | 15 Jun 2026 | 15 Jun 2026 | Read More → |
| Google Cloud Deprecates Blockchain Node Engine, Sets Full Shutdown for December 15, 2026 | 15 Dec 2026 | 13 Jun 2026 | Read More → | |
| LEGO Education Announces SPIKE Portfolio Retirement, Effective June 30, 2026 | LEGO | 30 Jun 2026 | 13 Jun 2026 | Read More → |
| Anthropic Deprecates Temperature, Top_P, and Top_K on Newer Opus Models | Anthropic | 13 Jun 2026 | 13 Jun 2026 | Read More → |
| claude-mythos-preview to Retire June 30, Migrate to claude-mythos-5 | Anthropic | 30 Jun 2026 | 13 Jun 2026 | Read More → |
| Claude Opus 4 and Sonnet 4 Retirement Deadline Hits This Weekend | Anthropic | 15 Jun 2026 | 13 Jun 2026 | Read More → |
| Anthropic Sets Retirement Dates for Multiple Claude Models | Anthropic | 5 Jun 2026 | 13 Jun 2026 | Read More → |