The White House has asked OpenAI to release its AI model, GPT-5.6, only to a small group of government-approved partners before making it available more broadly. (Photo: Reuters)
The White House has asked OpenAI to release its next artificial intelligence (AI) model, GPT-5.6, only to a small group of government-approved partners before making it available more broadly, according to a report by Axios.
The request was made by the White House’s Office of the National Cyber Director and the Office of Science and Technology Policy as the Trump administration develops a framework to test and evaluate the security of advanced AI models.
This is also the first instance of the US government seeking to limit the rollout of a frontier AI model before its public release.
First Published: Jun 26 2026 | 8:26 AM IST
