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OpenAI will delay GPT-5.6 after Trump administration request

  • Hayden Field
  • June 25, 2026 at 9:57 PM
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OpenAI will delay GPT-5.6 after Trump administration request

The Trump administration, apprehensive of potential security issues, has reportedly asked OpenAI to stagger the release of its next big-ticket model, GPT-5.6.

The Information reported that OpenAI CEO Sam Altman told employees Wednesday in a company Q&A that it would release GPT-5.6 in limited preview form - granting access only to a small group of enterprise customers - in compliance with a request from the federal government. During that preview period, the Trump administration itself would reportedly approve access for customers on a case-by-case basis.

It's a more favorable deal than the Trump administration gave OpenAI rival Anthropic …

Read the full story at The Verge.

Originally published at The Verge

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