Trump Administration

The U.S. Department of Commerce has approved OpenAI for a broad launch of GPT-5.6 this week, following testing by the Center for AI Standards and Innovation. The model was previously restricted to government-approved entities since June, mirroring earlier restrictions placed on Anthropic's models.

The Trump administration has instructed OpenAI to release its newest model, GPT-5.6, only to a select group of government-approved partners rather than the general public. The Office of the National Cyber Director and Office of Science and Technology Policy will approve access customer by customer during a preview period.