OpenAI to publicly release GPT-5.6 models, lifting government-requested limits

OpenAI has announced it will publicly release its GPT-5.6 AI models, ending restrictions that had been introduced at the request of the US government. Rival AI company Anthropic had recently restored access to its own latest models following a weeks-long standoff with authorities. The move signals an easing of government-driven curbs on frontier AI model availability.