Google DeepMind stopped listing text-embedding-004 among the models it will answer with.

Google DeepMindMODEL-ROSTERREMOVEDTHU OCT 8, 16:32

The line, as the page carries it

-text-embedding-004: "May 14, 2024 | April 1, 2027"

The record

DOCUMENThttps://docs.cloud.google.com/gemini-enterprise-agent-platform/models/model-versions
SOURCEgdm-model-versions
ROWtext-embedding-004
OPERATIONremoved
BEFOREMay 14, 2024 | April 1, 2027
AFTERnothing, the row was deleted
READ AT2026-10-08T16:32:54.694Z
SIGNALSdate, modelId

What went out

  • BLUESKY2026-10-09 01:46Google DeepMind's model versions page on Google Cloud removed text-embedding-004, formerly listed as "May 14, 2024 | April 1, 2027". The same edit removed text-embedding-005, gemini-embedding-001 and gemini-embedding-2. #TechBluesky

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