U.S. government will decide who gets to use GPT-5.6

According to the Washington Post, OpenAI announced that U.S. government agencies will determine who has access to GPT-5.6, the company's latest frontier artificial intelligence model. This marks a shift from OpenAI's traditional approach — rather than the company independently vetting users, federal authorities will now be involved in the approval process. While specifics on the vetting criteria haven't been detailed, the move reflects growing regulatory interest in controlling the distribution of the most advanced AI systems.

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