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

8/12/2026

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 in place at both OpenAI and its chief rival Anthropic.

OpenAI now plans to publicly release its GPT-5.6 AI models, ending those restrictions, while Anthropic has already restored access to its latest models after a weeks-long clash with the government.

What government-requested limits mean in practice The phrase "government-requested limits" refers to access restrictions that a company agrees to apply before making a model broadly available.

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