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  "name": "text-davinci-003",
  "developer": "OpenAI",
  "release_date": {
    "value": "2022-11-29",
    "source": "https://techcrunch.com/2022/12/01/while-anticipation-builds-for-gpt-4-openai-quietly-releases-gpt-3-5/",
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    {
      "date": "2026-09-24",
      "change": "created as a stub specimen to resolve the alpaca-7b distilled_from_outputs edge",
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    },
    {
      "date": "2026-09-24",
      "change": "availability checked and recorded",
      "by": "wilson-pruitt + claude"
    }
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}