US Approves OpenAI GPT-5.6 Launch After Security Review
OpenAI said the three-tier model family passed additional government testing after weeks in a restricted preview for about 20 vetted partners.
- OpenAI will launch GPT-5.6 Sol on Thursday, July 9, alongside the "everyday" Terra and lower-cost Luna models, following White House-imposed delays.
- The White House requested the delay last month, citing national security concerns that powerful AI systems could be misused amid an ongoing U.S.-China race for advanced models.
- OpenAI said it spent weeks testing GPT-5.6 Sol, adding "strengthened protections for higher-risk activity, sensitive cyber requests, and repeated misuse," while claiming Sol uses a third of output tokens versus competitor Anthropic's Claude Mythos 5.
- Financial Times reported CEO Sam Altman proposed giving the United States government a five percent stake in OpenAI following early talks with President Donald Trump about the model release.
- President Donald Trump signed an executive order establishing a voluntary framework allowing AI developers to provide "covered frontier models" to the United States government for up to 30 days before releasing them to trusted partners.
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