OpenAI will delay GPT-5.6 after a request from the Trump administration

The Trump administration, fearing a potential security breach, has said he says asked OpenAI to preempt the release of its next big ticket, GPT-5.6.

The Information He said that OpenAI CEO Sam Altman told employees on Wednesday in a Q&A that the company will release GPT-5.6 in preview mode – giving access to a small group of business customers – at the request of the federal government. During the preview period, Trump’s administration also reportedly accepted access to clients from time to time.

It’s even better than the Trump administration gave OpenAI partner Anthropic, which earlier this month received a decision to suspend access to Mythos 5 and Fable 5, examples. The government passed an export ban that prohibited “foreign nationals” from using the technology (including all Anthropic employees who were not US citizens). A seemingly heavy-handed approach to AI regulation, after promises from the Trump administration to take “speed wins” the technical method is encourage American AI export program, raised alarm bells across the tech industry.

Now, some of that pollution appears to be happening — and inconsistently, depending on the company.