The Information · White House · Anthropic · OpenAI · Sam Altman · Mythos · The Guardian Technology
OpenAI is staggering the release of its latest AI model after a request from the US government
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Sam Altman, the chief executive of the company behind ChatGPT, told staff this week that GPT 5.6 would be released in a limited preview to a small group of partners, according to the tech publication The Information.
Key facts
- Sam Altman, the chief executive of the company behind ChatGPT, told staff this week that GPT 5.6 would be released in a limited preview to a small group of partners, according to the tech publication
- The Information reported that Donald Trump’s commerce secretary, Howard Lutnick, had intervened against even a limited release, calling Altman to demand approvals from other agencies
- The order represents a shift from the White House’s previously deregulatory stance on AI
- However, the White House’s stance has changed against a backdrop of rapidly improving model capabilities, including Mythos which has been described by the UK’s AI security body as a “step up
Summary
OpenAI is staggering the release of its latest AI model after a request from the US government, in a move echoing the launch of Anthropic’s Mythos product. “We’ve made clear to the US government that this is not our preferred long term model, and will work with them and others in industry to achieve a more sustainable approach for future releases,” Altman said in the memo, obtained by The Information. Anthropic, OpenAI’s close rival, had carried out a similar release programme for its Mythos model but has now pulled the technology entirely after the US government ordered the company to stop foreign nationals from accessing public versions of the model, which has powerful cyber-hacking capabilities.