US reportedly wants OpenAI to delay GPT-5.6 rollout after restrictions on Anthropic’s models

The White House has reportedly asked OpenAI to limit the initial release of its upcoming GPT-5.6 model over safety concerns, with the model to be available only to a small group of partners during an initial preview and government approval required on a customer‑by‑customer basis. This follows a US government order that forced Anthropic to suspend access to its flagship models Fable 5 and Mythos 5 for all foreign nationals under an export‑control directive issued on June 12, which Anthropic complied with but disputed, claiming the government provided only verbal evidence of a narrow, non‑universal jailbreak. The directive is now being challenged in court by Legion LegalTech, which argues that existing export‑control laws do not cover hosted AI models or their outputs and that the government exceeded its authority. These events underscore a broader US‑China technology rivalry, with both sides treating advanced AI as a strategic asset that could influence national security and geopolitical competition.

(Source：Medianama)