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Why can't they just use version numbers instead of this "new preview" stuff?

E.g. call it Gemini Pro 2.5.1.

I take preview to mean the model may be retired on an accelerated timescale and replaced with a "real" model so it's dangerous to put into prod unless you are paying attention.

They could still use version numbers for that. 2.5.1-preview becomes 2.5.1 when stable.

Scheduled tasks in ChatGPT are useful for keeping track of these kinds of things. You can have it check daily whether there's a change in status, price, etc. for a particular model (or set of models).

I appriciate that you are trying to help

But I do not want to have to build a network of bots with non-deterministic outputs to simply stay on top of versions

Neither do I, but it's the best solution I've found so far. It beats checking models/prices manually every day to see if anything has changed, and it works well enough in practice.

But yeah, some kind of deterministic way to get alerts would be better.

Are you saying you find model names like o4-mini-high-pro-experimental-version5 confusing and stupid?

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