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The White House now determines which customers can access new AI models

Posted by ShroudedScribe
Tags: usa, politics.usa, republican party, donald trump, policy.technology, artificial intelligence, author.opeyemi babalola, source.thestreet
https://www.thestreet.com/technology/how-white-house-is-quiety-bottlenecking-ai-openai-anthropic

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Title
How the White House is quietly bottlenecking AI
Authors
Opeyemi Babalola
Published
Jun 26 2026
Word count
943 words

5 comments

  1. [5]
    ShroudedScribe
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    The Trump administration has now asked OpenAI to stagger the rollout of its newest model, GPT-5.6, rather than release it broadly, The Information reported, a request Reuters later confirmed.

    CEO Sam Altman told staff the government would be “approving access customer by customer” during the preview period.

    ...

    Frontier AI models are increasingly treated less like ordinary commercial software and more like a national security asset, something to be cleared, monitored, and occasionally pulled rather than simply regulated after release.

    Two labs, two models, two ad hoc interventions inside a few weeks is no longer a coincidence. It is the default way Washington manages frontier AI launches right now, agency by agency, with no statute defining where the line sits.

    6 votes
    1. [4]
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      Link Parent
      It's an interesting development, but I bet we can find sources that aren't AI written.

      It's an interesting development, but I bet we can find sources that aren't AI written.

      5 votes
      2. [2]
        ShroudedScribe
        Link Parent
        That wasn't immediately apparent to me, but looking up "TheStreet" I see how that might be the case. I first found this out from a blog post that was very meandering and hard to follow, and this...

        That wasn't immediately apparent to me, but looking up "TheStreet" I see how that might be the case. I first found this out from a blog post that was very meandering and hard to follow, and this article was much more concise, with sources cited.

        I'll add this one to my list to avoid for the future, though.

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          Link Parent
          Now worries, it's easy to miss, especially since they did some post editing.

          Now worries, it's easy to miss, especially since they did some post editing.