“Happy building,” OpenAI CEO Sam Altman<\/a> wrote in a post on X<\/a> late Tuesday.<\/p>\n OpenAI announced the models in June, and it initially agreed to release them to a select group of organizations whose “participation has been shared with the government,” according to a blog post<\/a>. The company said it believes in “broad access,” and that it would work to make the models more widely available over the coming weeks. <\/p>\n “We don’t believe this kind of government access process should become the long-term default,” OpenAI said at the time. “It keeps the best tools from users, developers, enterprises, cyber defenders, and global partners who need them.”<\/p>\n The public launch of the GPT-5.6 models comes after OpenAI’s chief rival, Anthropic, restored access to its Claude Fable 5 and Mythos 5<\/a> models following a weeks-long clash with the government. Anthropic<\/a> had to disable access to the models to comply with an export control<\/a> directive, which the U.S. Department of Commerce<\/a> lifted late last month.<\/p>\n The Trump administration has taken a more active role in AI deployments since President Donald Trump<\/a> signed an AI executive order in June. The order asks AI model developers to voluntarily provide cutting-edge models to the government to assess their capabilities ahead of a full release, and it gave federal agencies 60 days to develop an evaluation process. <\/p>\n OpenAI said in June that it’s working with the government to help establish a framework for such assessments and to develop a “repeatable process for future model releases.” <\/p>\n The company said that GPT-5.6 Sol is its “strongest model yet,” according to a blog post, and that it is more capable across coding, biology and cybersecurity. <\/p>\n OpenAI said in a post on X<\/a> late Tuesday that it is expanding preview access to the GPT-5.6 models globally.<\/p>\n
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