Merge pull request #4621 from mrbullwinkle/mrb_05_07_2025_updates

[Azure OpenAI] Model Retirement updates

Author: prmerger-automator[bot]

articles/ai-services/openai/concepts/model-retirements.md

@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ Azure OpenAI notifies customers of active Azure OpenAI Service deployments for m
 2. At least 60 days notice before model retirement for Generally Available (GA) models.
 3. At least 30 days notice before preview model version upgrades.  
 
-Retirements are done on a rolling basis, region by region.
+Retirements are done on a rolling basis, region by region. Notifications are sent from an unmonitored mailbox, `[email protected]`.
 
 ## Model availability
 
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ These models are currently available for use in Azure OpenAI Service.
 | `gpt-4.1-nano`            | 2025-04-14      | No earlier than April 11, 2026     |                                      |
 | `gpt-4o`                  | 2024-05-13      | No earlier than June 30, 2025      | `gpt-4.1` version: `2025-04-14`      |
 | `gpt-4o`                  | 2024-08-06      | No earlier than August 6, 2025     | `gpt-4.1` version: `2025-04-14`      |
-| `gpt-4o`                  | 2024-11-20      | No earlier than January 30, 2026   | `gpt-4.1` version: `2025-04-14`      |
+| `gpt-4o`                  | 2024-11-20      | No earlier than March 1, 2026   | `gpt-4.1` version: `2025-04-14`      |
 | `gpt-4o-mini`             | 2024-07-18      | August 16, 2025                    | `gpt-4.1-mini` version: `2025-04-14` |
 | `gpt-3.5-turbo-instruct`  | 0914            | No earlier than May 31, 2025       |                                      |
 | `gpt-image-1`             | 2025-04-15      | No earlier than August 01, 2025    |                                      |