ChatGPT News 03/23/2023 Read AI Rating: Low
Original "Codex" API Shut Down with Just Three Days' Notice, Citing GPT-3.5/GPT-4 Integration
OpenAI discontinued API access to its original Codex-family models (including code-davinci-002), which it had offered since 2021. The stated reason was that successor general-purpose models now outperformed Codex at code generation โ but the mere three-day notice period drew sharp criticism from developers.