The White House is asking OpenAI to slow roll the release of its new model over safety concerns
Key takeaways
- Open AI s release of its newest model, GPT 5.6, reportedly won t be like its previous releases.
- At a meeting this week, CEO Sam Altman reportedly told staff that the government would be “approving access customer by customer” during a preview period.
- In other words, the Trump administration appears to be pressuring OpenAI to do what Anthropic is already voluntarily doing: keeping its most powerful AI models under wraps.
Why this matters: a development in AI with implications for how people work, create, and decide.
Open AI s release of its newest model, GPT 5.6, reportedly won t be like its previous releases. Instead of distributing it to the public, the company plans to share it only with a select group of close partners because the Trump administration told it to, reports The Information.
At a meeting this week, CEO Sam Altman reportedly told staff that the government would be “approving access customer by customer” during a preview period. Altman reportedly added that if the limited release goes well, OpenAI hopes to follow with a general, broader release a “couple of weeks later.”
In other words, the Trump administration appears to be pressuring OpenAI to do what Anthropic is already voluntarily doing: keeping its most powerful AI models under wraps.