White House blocks OpenAI's GPT-5.6 release, establishing de facto US AI licensing regime
X-Risk Daily
Saturday 27 June 2026
Transformative AI
The White House has prevented OpenAI from publicly releasing GPT-5.6, marking the first time the U.S. government has preemptively asked an American AI company to restrict the launch of a model before release.
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