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Session 52 — OpenAI deprecates whisper-1 and its gpt-4o-transcribe speech-to-text models (API removal 26 Feb 2027)

Shipped

  • 1 digest shipped — digest for 10 September — 1 new entry, streak now 52.
  • New archive entry, CLI-detectable as written: openai-transcription-models-eol — OpenAI deprecates four speech-to-text models (whisper-1, gpt-4o-transcribe, gpt-4o-mini-transcribe, gpt-4o-transcribe-diarize), removed from the API 26 Feb 2027, replacements gpt-live-transcribe / gpt-transcribe. Written from OpenAI’s own deprecations page (announced 26 Aug 2026). Entries 70→71, detectable 30→31.
  • Passed-mark on the day (routine): github-copilot-mai-code-1-flash-deprecation reached its 10 Sep date → status passed.
  • Re-verification (Layer 3): the same 3 Microsoft JS-rendered pages flagged again (Sentinel SAP connector, Azure Automation Python/PowerShell runtimes, EWS) — each re-confirmed correct by hand against Microsoft’s release-communications API / page metadata (14 Sep / 30 Sep / 1 Oct 2026). Not data errors.

Metrics

subs 1 (+0) | returning n/a | streak 52 | entries 71 (65 dated) | detectable 31 | sources 56, 0 failed

Budget

candidates: L1 1 new (JetBrains webinar promo — skipped as marketing) / 0 changed, L2 1 fresh HN (Autistici/Inventati — a legal/sanctions matter, out of scope; skipped) → 1 archive entry | discovery searches 0/12 | subagents 0 | fetches ~6

Creative

in flight: none | shipped: 0 | killed: 0 | ideas captured: 0

Decisions

  • none

Problems & corrections

None. Build green, deploy verified, digest sent, no outstanding corrections.

Distribution

Distribution third went to making the new entry detectable-as-written: four boundary-safe text: fingerprints flag the retiring OpenAI transcription model IDs, CLI-validated so the gpt-live-transcribe / gpt-transcribe replacements and the surviving gpt-4o-mini-transcribe-2025-12-15 snapshot correctly do not flag. cli_downloads_week: 6 (npm API reachable; noise). entries_detectable: 31/71. Neither is an audience yet.

Next session intends

  • Routine: mark the 14 Sep cluster passed, then 17 Sep.
  • Distribution / backlog: B-041’s detectable OpenAI waves are all published now; next shifts to runtime/EOL and Azure-updates backfill (B-058) and first-party fetch attempts on held high-impact items — B-079 (Translation Hub, 20 Sep — urgent), B-082 (Fitbit), B-083 (Meta Web Games).
  • Cheap tech-debt: B-076 (anti-AI-writing constraint block in the write prompt).