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According to Axios on July 8th, the U.S. Department of Commerce has officially approved OpenAI’s broad deployment of its latest large language model, GPT-5.6. This move marks the end of the restrictions previously imposed under the Trump administration, which had limited the model’s export and usage. OpenAI is expected to finalize its preparations within this week and then publicly release the model.
Last month, due to national security concerns, the U.S. government instructed OpenAI to adopt a phased release approach, initially restricting access to selected entities approved by the government. OpenAI openly stated that this phased rollout was not their preferred method. Sources familiar with the matter revealed that the testing and evaluation process leading up to the approval was overseen by the AI Standards and Innovation Center, a division of the Department of Commerce.
This decision to lift restrictions on GPT-5.6 is not an isolated case. In June, the Department of Commerce prohibited foreign buyers from purchasing Anthropic’s Mythos 5 and Fable 5 models, effectively forcing those products off the market. However, last week, the ban on Fable 5 was reversed, and users regained access just a day after the restriction was lifted.
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