OpenAI's GPT 5.6 rollout now requires US government approval on a "customer by customer basis"

At the request of the U.S. government, OpenAI will initially make its new GPT-5.6 model available only to select partners, with access approved on a "customer by customer" basis. CEO Sam Altman says this isn't a "preferred long term model." After the forced takedown of Anthropic's Fable, AI labs are afraid of a de facto licensing regime for AI models. The article OpenAI's GPT 5.6 rollout now requires US government approval on a "customer by customer basis" appeared first on The Decoder .