Oracle Deprecates GenerateText and SummarizeText APIs – Embrace the Future with the New Chat API

 

Oracle continues to evolve its Generative AI services, focusing on performance, scalability, and simplicity for developers. As part of this evolution, Oracle has announced the deprecation of the GenerateText and SummarizeText APIs, effective May 29, 2025. If you're currently using these APIs in your applications, it’s time to transition to the new, unified Chat API—the future of conversational and generative AI on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI).

Why the Change?

The deprecation of GenerateText and SummarizeText reflects Oracle’s strategy to streamline its generative AI capabilities into a single, powerful, and flexible interface. The Chat API not only covers the functionality offered by the earlier APIs, but it does so more efficiently, enabling a wide range of use cases from simple text generation to multi-turn conversational experiences.

What’s New with the Chat API?

The new Chat API allows you to:

• Interact with generative models using a conversational format.

• Send messages and receive model responses that mimic natural dialogue.

• Easily control the context, tone, and flow of the output.

• Consolidate use cases like summarization, content generation, Q&A, and more—all through a unified interface.

This means less complexity in integration, better control over interactions, and greater extensibility as new model features are introduced.

Moving from GenerateText and SummarizeText to Chat

If your application currently depends on the older APIs, Oracle recommends transitioning to the Chat API as soon as possible. The transition process is straightforward, and Oracle has provided a helpful guide to get started with the Chat Playground, which allows you to:

• Experiment with different prompts and parameters.

• Understand how multi-message chat formatting works.

• Generate equivalent outputs for summarization or free-text generation using the ChatRequest structure.

Benefits of Using the Chat API

• Unified Experience: One API to handle diverse generative tasks.

• Future-Ready: Stay aligned with Oracle’s future enhancements and model updates.

• Conversational Flow: Supports multi-turn conversations—great for assistants and chatbots.

• Enhanced Control: Fine-tune prompts, context, and responses with greater flexibility.

Final Thoughts

This deprecation is more than just a phase-out—it's a shift toward a smarter, more scalable future for generative AI on OCI. By adopting the new Chat API, you’re ensuring your applications remain modern, efficient, and ready to grow with Oracle’s rapidly advancing AI ecosystem.