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July 11, 2026

OpenAI receives US government clearance to release GPT-5.6 after weeks-long delay

Also: SpaceXAI's Grok 4.5 release may have violated California's AI transparency law‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ 

X-Risk Daily

Saturday 11 July 2026

Transformative AI
OpenAI receives US government clearance to release GPT-5.6 after weeks-long delay
On 9 July, OpenAI publicly released GPT-5.6 following a government-coordinated delay that began when the company first previewed the model on 26 June.

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