The US government asks OpenAI to slow its next model’s release
THE SO WHAT
A US request to gate GPT-5.6 to a short list of vetted partners is the clearest move yet toward state-mediated access tiers for frontier models. If your roadmap assumes day-one public access to the latest models, build a contingency plan around staggered releases, licensing gates, and jurisdiction-specific rules.
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