text-moderation-latest

text-moderation-latest is OpenAI's leftover text-only moderation alias, not a 2026 safety default. Rechecked 2026-08-18: platform.openai.com/docs/guides/moderation still lists the leftover text-moderation-* family and now points people at omni-moderation-*. The still-listed omni alias on this site is omni-moderation-latest, with dated twin omni-moderation-2024-09-26. Drop leftover future best default / latest safety path / unaudited free crown.

Compare Llama Guard 3 if you wanted another leftover safety snapshot (live Meta card is Llama Guard 4 12B).

Key Features

• Previous text-only alias: Leftover copy already admitted omni-moderation would replace it. Recheck the Moderation guide before you hard-code text-moderation-latest.
• Not the 2026 safety lead: The live guide still lists omni-moderation as the multimodal path.
• No invented free/latency row: Do not paste leftover "free forever / millisecond" unless the first-party page still says that on the day you quote it.
• Website is the guide, not api-keys: Recheck the Moderation guide, not the keys page.

Use Cases

• People with a text-moderation-latest bookmark who need the catalog corrected.
• People comparing leftover text-moderation vs still-listed omni-moderation.
• People who were about to keep a text-only OpenAI safety stack as the 2026 default.

Limitation: We did not send sample text through the Moderation endpoint.

Pricing

First-party pages on 2026-08-18.

If a leftover blog still treats text-moderation as the current OpenAI default, treat the omni card as the correction.

Getting Started

1. Open the Moderation guide before you hard-code text-moderation-latest.
2. Recheck omni-moderation-latest if you wanted the still-listed multimodal leftover.
3. Recheck Llama Guard 3 if you wanted another leftover safety snapshot.
4. Do not paste "future best default" into a 2026 deck as if it were still current.

Frequently Asked Questions

Is text-moderation-latest still the OpenAI default?

No. The live guide points people at omni-moderation.

Same as omni-moderation-latest?

No. omni-moderation-latest is the later leftover multimodal alias.

Is it free?

Recheck first-party docs. Do not invent a 2026 free census.

Alternatives

• omni-moderation-latest: Later leftover OpenAI moderation alias, still listed.
• Llama Guard 3: Leftover Meta safety snapshot; live card is Guard 4 12B.
• GPT-5.6 Sol: Live OpenAI frontier chat if you wandered here for a current model.

Tips

1. Call text-moderation-latest a leftover text-only alias, not a 2026 default.
2. Point new OpenAI moderation work at the live omni path on the guide.
3. Recheck first-party docs before you invent a free or per-call price.

Conclusion

text-moderation-latest is a leftover text-only OpenAI alias, not the 2026 safety default. Start at platform.openai.com/docs/guides/moderation, then decide whether omni-moderation-latest already covers the path you need.