The company agreed to limit the rollout after a request from the Trump administration, which cited national security concerns.
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OpenAI is rolling out GPT-5.6 Friday, but says it's limiting access to all three versions of the new model at the behest of the U.S. government.
Why it matters: Washington is starting to treat the most advanced U.S.-developed AI models as products that need government review before they can be widely released.
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