Is Microsoft Azure AI Foundry GPT chat-latest (2026-08-06) deprecated?

What kind of model is this?

Tags describe what GPT chat-latest (2026-08-06) takes in, what it is built for and how you can get it. Modality, access and language tags follow Microsoft Azure AI Foundry's own documentation; tier and use-case tags are our reading of the line-up.

Modality

• Text
• Vision

Use case

• Chat
• Long context

Tier

• Mid-tier

Access

• Hosted API

Specifications

Input price

$5.00 / M tokens

Output price

$30.00 / M tokens

Price band

Premium

Context window

400K tokens

Max output

unknown

Input

Text, image

Output

Text

Knowledge cutoff

unknown

Tool use

unknown

Structured output

unknown

Weights licence

not published

Model maker

OpenAI

“unknown” means the figure has not been published, or we have not verified it yet — never that the answer is no. “not published” under the weights licence means this model is not offered with downloadable weights. The price band is ours: it bands the blended price (three parts input to one part output) as budget (≤ $0.50), standard (≤ $3), premium (≤ $12) or flagship.

Lifecycle

1. Released unknown
2. Deprecated not announced
3. Retired 2 December 2026 in ~2 months

What is it good for?

No editorial profile for this model yet. The specifications above come from Microsoft Azure AI Foundry's own documentation and the suggestions below are derived from the data — shared tags, tier and price band — not written by hand.

Alternatives to consider

• GPT-5 Derived

  Microsoft Azure AI Foundry ● Active

  Same provider, same tier (mid-tier), similar price; shares chat and long-context.

  $1.25 in · $10.00 out / M tokens · 400K context

• GPT-5-Codex Derived

  Microsoft Azure AI Foundry ● Active

  Same provider, same tier (mid-tier), similar price; shares chat and long-context.

  $1.25 in · $10.00 out / M tokens · 400K context

• GPT-5.1 Derived

  Microsoft Azure AI Foundry ● Active

  Same provider, same tier (mid-tier), similar price; shares chat and long-context.

  $1.25 in · $10.00 out / M tokens · 400K context

• GPT-5.1-Codex Derived

  Microsoft Azure AI Foundry ● Active

  Same provider, same tier (mid-tier), similar price; shares chat and long-context.

  $1.25 in · $10.00 out / M tokens · 400K context

• Claude Sonnet 4.5 Derived

  Amazon Bedrock ● Active

  Alternative from Amazon Bedrock, same tier (mid-tier), similar price; shares chat and long-context.

  $3.00 in · $15.00 out / M tokens · 200K context

Derived suggestions are ranked from the data — shared tags, the same tier and a comparable price band — not from benchmark scores. Check the capability fit yourself: we track lifecycle, price and specifications.

Sources

• learn.microsoft.com ↗ https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/foundry/openai/concepts/model-retirement-schedule
• learn.microsoft.com ↗ https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/foundry/foundry-models/concepts/models-sold-directly-by-azure
• prices.azure.com ↗ https://prices.azure.com/api/retail/prices?$filter=serviceName eq 'Foundry Models' and contains(meterName,'chat-latest 08062026')

Verified against the source on 10 September 2026. Dataset snapshot 10 September 2026. Providers can change a date without notice — the link above is always the final word.