Company says broader access could begin as early as next week

The White House has requested OpenAI limit the release of its upcoming GPT 5.6 model to a small number of government-approved partners because of its advanced capabilities, a…

penAI reportedly plans to share its newest model, GPT 5.6, with a select group of partners instead of to the broader public. The reason: the Trump administration told it to.

OpenAI said the GPT-5.6 technology is first rolling out to select “trusted partners” at the request of the U.S. government.

At the request of the U.S. government, OpenAI will initially make its new GPT-5.6 model available only to select partners, with access approved on a "customer by customer" basis.…

OpenAI launched Sol, its most powerful model, to about 20 partners approved by Washington under Trump's AI executive order. Broad access comes later.

The company agreed to limit the rollout after a request from the Trump administration, which cited national security concerns.

June 26 : OpenAI said on Friday it was delaying a full public launch of GPT‑5.6 at the U.S. government's request, limiting the AI model's initial access to a small group of vetted…

OpenAI said it previewed the new models' capabilities with the government ahead of the launch.

The White House asked OpenAI to delay the rollout of its GPT-5.6 AI models two weeks after Anthropic had to take its most advanced AI models offline.

Company says broader access could begin as early as next week

OpenAI said they were complying as part of its agreement with the Department of Defense, which allows the department to use its AI models.

Executive Order 14409 requires federal cybersecurity reviews before companies can access OpenAI's GPT-5.6, limiting initial rollout to approved partners.

“We don’t believe this kind of government access process should become the long-term default,” says OpenAI. “It keeps the best tools from users, developers, enterprises, cyber…

Overseas employees at US-based companies or entities will also have access to the new models.

It is the second time in a month that a frontier lab's most powerful model has been held back from general release over fears about cyber capabilities.

ChatGPT maker doesn't want policy to be long-term solution

The ChatGPT maker said it’s introducing the GPT-5.6 model series to a small group of trusted partners whose names have been approved by the US government.

OpenAI has launched a US-only preview of its latest AI model series, GPT-5.6, to select partners at the request of the US government, citing national secur

The approach is similar to Anthropic’s Project Glasswing and follows a Trump administration request that the company limit access.

OpenAI on Friday launched a US-only preview of its latest powerful AI model series to a limited group of partners at the request of the US government, the company said.