Limited GPT-5.6: The Trump administration will decide who can use it

OpenAI’s highly anticipated new model, GPT-5.6, will initially be released to a limited number of companies. The Trump administration will approve its use on a case-by-case basis.After completely cutting foreign nationals off from Claude Fable 5 and Mythos 5, the U.S. government appears to be exercising strict control over new artificial intelligence models developed on its territory.

The GPT-5.6 model under the control of the Trump administration

During a Q&A session, Sam Altman told his employees that GPT-5.6 would be rolled out in a staggered manner. The company’s new model will initially be available on a limited-access basis to a small group of companies.

During this period, it will be none other than the Trump administration that approves, client by client, whether it has access or not. To fully understand this restriction, one must look back at the case of Anthropic. On June 13, the U.S. government simply prohibited access to Claude Fable 5 and Mythos 5 for foreign nationals.

Overnight, non-Americans found themselves completely cut off from these two cutting-edge artificial intelligence models. Even non-U.S. citizen Anthropic employees were denied access. The reason cited by the U.S. government is national security. The same applies now to the release of GPT-5.6. The Trump administration believes that OpenAI’s new model is “on the same level as Mythos,” particularly in terms of cybersecurity.

National security: Washington puts the tech sector under oversight

Anthropic was required to cut off access to Claude Fable 5 and Mythos 5 for foreign nationals. For its part, OpenAI must wait for approval from U.S. federal authorities before deploying its new model. An operating approach that does not really seem to please Sam Altman: “We have informed the U.S. government that this is not our preferred model in the long term.”

Meanwhile, Donald Trump is playing both sides. The U.S. president advocated rapid development of artificial intelligence without strict rules, as well as an aggressive American AI export program. Shortly afterward, Trump signed an executive order on artificial intelligence that ultimately includes rather optional rules. Today, the U.S. government is moving toward rigorous oversight of AI models developed on its territory.

Even though tech companies are invited to submit their new offerings “voluntarily,” this process actually amounts to strict control, with no freedom of choice. It remains to be seen what impact these restrictions will have on the deployment of the GPT-5.6 model in Europe, whether it will simply be blocked.

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Source: The Verge