White House wants OpenAI to limit the launch of its next model
THE SO WHAT
A US administration asking OpenAI to slow-roll its next model puts political timing directly into the model release cycle. Any team building on frontier APIs should assume launch dates and capabilities can be shaped by policy and plan for more volatility in their own roadmaps.
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