The OpenAI logo is displayed on a cellphone with an image on a computer monitor generated by ChatGPT’s Dall-E text-to-image model, Dec. 8, 2023, in Boston. (AP Photo\/Michael Dwyer, File)<\/small><\/p>\n
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ChatGPT maker OpenAI<\/a><\/span> said Friday it is restricting the release of its new artificial intelligence model at the request of President Donald Trump\u2019s administration, the latest in an unprecedented government vetting of AI products that could pose cybersecurity risks.<\/p>\n OpenAI said its new AI product, called GPT-5.6 Sol, would only be available for now to a \u201csmall group of trusted partners\u201d approved by the Trump administration.<\/p>\n \u201cWe don\u2019t believe this kind of government access process should become the long-term default,\u201d OpenAI said in a statement. The company said it viewed the testing period as a temporary step on the \u201cpath to broader availability in the coming weeks.\u201d<\/p>\n OpenAI\u2019s staggered release of a powerful new AI system follows actions the government took earlier this month against OpenAI rival Anthropic, maker of the Claude chatbot.<\/p>\n Anthropic took offline two new AI models, known as Fable 5 and Mythos 5, just days after publicly releasing them to comply<\/a><\/span> with a Trump directive blocking their use by foreign nationals.<\/p>\n Officials have grown increasingly concerned since Anthropic warned earlier this year that its Mythos model was adept at finding flaws in software in a way that could be weaponized by malicious hackers and threaten critical computer networks around the world. <\/p>\n Trump earlier in June signed an executive order on AI oversight that established a framework for the federal government to vet the national security risks of the most advanced AI systems<\/a><\/span> for up to 30 days before their public release. The order described participation by AI developers as voluntary but the framework has not yet been fully developed.<\/p>\n