Daily Briefing: GPT-5.6 Launches, But the Government Decides Who Gets It

OpenAI launched GPT-5.6 — a three-model family called Sol, Terra, and Luna — but at the U.S. government's request, released it in limited preview rather than the open access launch the company had planned. CEO Sam Altman publicly acknowledged the restriction while noting it wasn't OpenAI's preferred process. The episode examines what this means for enterprise customers waiting for access, how it fits the broader pattern of government involvement in frontier AI deployment, and what signals to watch for in the coming weeks.

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