July 7 : The U.S. Department of Commerce has approved a broad launch of OpenAI's advanced GPT 5.6 model, Axios reported on Tuesday, citing a person familiar with the matter. Reuters could not immediately verify the report.

OpenAI expects to do a wide release of GPT 5.6 this week following additional testing.

July 7 : The U.S. Department of Commerce has approved a broad launch of OpenAI's advanced GPT 5.6 model, Axios reported on Tuesday, citing a person familiar with the matter.…

OpenAI, White House, and the U.S. Department of Commerce did not immediately respond to a Reuters request for comment.

OpenAI expects to release GPT 5.6 more widely this week following additional testing and meetings with U.S. government officials