Trump administration asks OpenAI to stagger AI model release

The Trump administration has asked OpenAI to stagger the release of an upcoming powerful artificial intelligence model, according to a person familiar with the matter, nearly two weeks after rival Anthropic PBC suspended its most capable offerings from the market under regulatory pressure.

OpenAI Chief Executive Officer Sam Altman told employees on Wednesday that the U.S. government requested that it initially release GPT-5.6 to a short list of trusted partners before pushing it out more widely, said the person, who spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss private information.

In the meeting with staffers, Altman said that the U.S. government has grown more anxious about the capabilities of the most cutting-edge models, the person said. Altman stressed that staffers need to work with the Trump administration on any input that officials may have on safety and restrictions related to OpenAI’s upcoming models, even if the company disagrees, the person said. Altman did not explicitly mention the Anthropic situation, the person said.

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