OpenAI Limits its Latest ChatGPT Product to Trump-Approved Customers During Cybersecurity Review

OpenAI is restricting the release of its new AI model, GPT-5.6 Sol, currently available only to a small group of trusted partners, at the request of the Trump administration.

OpenAI Limits its Latest ChatGPT Product to Trump-Approved Customers During Cybersecurity Review
Photo of OpenAI CEO Sam Altman talking to Google DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis, not seen, on the sidelines of the G7 summit in Evian-les-Bains, France, on June 17, 2026, by Julia Demaree Nikhinson/AP.

June 26, 2026 (AP) – ChatGPT maker OpenAI said Friday it is restricting the release of its new artificial intelligence model at the request of President Donald Trump’s administration, the latest in an unprecedented government vetting of AI products for cybersecurity risks.

OpenAI said its new AI product, called GPT-5.6 Sol, would only be available for now to a “small group of trusted partners” approved by the Trump administration.

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