OpenAI Restricts Access to Latest AI Models at US Government Request

OpenAI said Friday (June 26) that it is limiting the release of its new GPT-5.6 series artificial intelligence (AI) models to a small group of trusted partners at the request of the U.S. The AI startup previewed the models’ capabilities as part of its ongoing engagement with the government, limited the release of the models at the government’s request, and shared with the government the identities of the trusted partners to which it released the models, it said in a Friday (June 26)