Earlier Axios report that the administration asked OpenAI to limit GPT-5.6 initially to government-approved partners, citing security concerns; useful context for the shift from limited preview toward broader release.
Reports that the Trump administration gave OpenAI a green light for broad GPT-5.6 release, that OpenAI said Sol/Terra/Luna would launch publicly Thursday, that CAISI testing and meetings preceded the move, and that a White House official disputed the idea of formal clearance.
Sensemaker daily brief arguing that the useful signal in GPT-5.6 is not only model capability, but the emerging pre-release negotiation between frontier labs and government officials.
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