Trump Admin Asks OpenAI to Limit GPT-5.6 Release

The Trump administration has reportedly asked OpenAI to limit the public release of its GPT-5.6 model. Instead, the White House wants the model initially released to a small group of government-approved partners. This request comes from the Office of the National Cyber Director and the Office of Science and Technology Policy. It's part of a larger effort to create a framework for testing and monitoring new AI models and their security. This is the first time the U.S. government has asked an AI company to restrict a model's launch before it happened. The government also recently asked Anthropic to suspend access to its Mythos and Fable 5 models for non-U.S. citizens. OpenAI CEO Sam Altman told employees that the company has communicated to the government that such intervention isn't ideal long-term. The government's request for GPT-5.6 is due to its "Mythos-like abilities." This follows an executive order signed in June directing agencies to set up a voluntary pre-release testing protocol for AI. This trend highlights a growing global reliance on a few AI companies and raises questions about national AI capabilities.