# OpenAI's GPT 5.6 rollout now requires US government approval on a "customer by customer basis"

> Source: <https://the-decoder.com/openais-gpt-5-6-rollout-now-requires-us-government-approval-on-a-customer-by-customer-basis/>
> Published: 2026-06-26 08:35:35+00:00

At the request of the U.S. government, OpenAI will initially make its new GPT-5.6 model available only to select partners, with access approved on a "customer by customer" basis. CEO Sam Altman says this isn't a "preferred long term model." After the forced takedown of Anthropic's Fable, AI labs are afraid of a de facto licensing regime for AI models.

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