OpenAI's ChatGPT-5.6 gets the same banhammer treatment as Anthropic’s Mythos from the federal government — source says that Washington cautioned OpenAI against releasing the model without receiving approval
… Despite OpenAI’s agreement to the delay, sources say that Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick called Altman to warn him against releasing GPT-5.6 to the public without prior approval from government agencies. “We’ve made clear to the U.S. government that this is not our preferred long-term model and … …