TECHSTORY 523· AUGUST 12, 2026

OpenAI Plans Public Release of GPT-5.6 as Government-Requested Limits Come Down

Access limits on artificial intelligence models are coming down at two of the industry's biggest companies. Those limits, meaning restrictions a company agrees to place on who can access a model when a government requests them, have been…

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