Per the report, the White House's Office of the National Cyber Director and the Office of Science and Technology Policy requested that the model be released first to a small set of government-approved partners rather than the general public.

Trump administration requests OpenAI delay GPT-5.6 release over security concerns. Release by July 31, 2026 at 84.7% YES.

June 25 : The Trump administration has asked OpenAI to stagger the release of its new model over security concerns, The Information reported on Thursday, citing a memo from the…