White House forces OpenAI to limit GPT‑5.6 rollout to vetted partners
The Trump administration asked OpenAI to restrict its new GPT‑5.6 model to a small set of government‑approved partners, citing security and misuse risks. It’s the first pre‑emptive request of its kind, signalling a new era of direct federal oversight over frontier AI releases and forcing the company to negotiate a more controlled rollout.