'We don’t believe this kind of government access process should become the long-term default': OpenAI unveils big GPT-5.6 upgrades for ChatGPT, but you can't use them yet
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Model access is now a negotiation between labs and governments—GPT-5.6 exists, but US testing holds back general release. If your roadmap assumes day-one access to frontier capabilities, build contingency plans around staggered, jurisdiction-specific rollouts and potential pre-clearance regimes.
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