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White House reportedly wants GPT-5.6 rollout limited to approved partners with customer-by-customer government access approval.

Jun 26, 2026 02:54 EDT

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As OpenAI prepares the release of its next model, GPT 5.6, the White House has instructed the company to limit the distribution of the software to a small group of government-approved partners instead of the general public, as it has done with previous releases.