Trump administration gets OpenAI to slow-track new model release over security concerns

Credit: Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority TL;DR OpenAI plans to initially share its newest model, GPT 5.6, only with a small group of partners due to recommendations from the Trump administration. CEO Sam Altman told staff that the government would be “approving access customer by customer.” This comes after an executive order was signed, calling on certain AI companies to voluntarily submit their new AI models for governmental review. OpenAI has just released a powerful new AI model, GPT 5.6,