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GPT-5.6 launch gated by White House request under June executive order

regulationnoticeGPT-5.6 (Sol · Terra · Luna)

Under a voluntary pre-release review process created by a June 2 executive order, the White House asked OpenAI to restrict the GPT-5.6 preview to roughly twenty government-vetted US partners, citing Sol's cyber capabilities. Broad rollout cleared on July 9. The first instance of US government pre-release gating shaping a frontier model launch.

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@misc{mri-2026-06-26,
  title  = {GPT-5.6 launch gated by White House request under June executive order},
  author = {{ModelRiskIndex}},
  year   = {2026},
  note   = {Change feed, 2026-06-26},
  url    = {https://modelriskindex.com/changes/gpt-5-6-gated-launch}
}

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