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US Gov Demands Pre-Release Access to OpenAI's ChatGPT-5.6
The U.S. government has warned OpenAI against releasing ChatGPT-5.6 without prior approval, requiring 30 days of pre-release access. OpenAI is voluntarily complying with the executive order but seeks a more sustainable approach for future releases. This mirrors similar restrictions placed on Anthropic's Mythos model.
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The story underscores growing federal oversight of frontier AI models, but the lack of detail on approval criteria raises questions about transparency and innovation impact.
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OpenAI's ChatGPT-5.6 gets the same banhammer treatment as Anthropic’s Mythos from the federal government — source says that Washington cautioned OpenAI against releasing the model without receiving approval →
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