US Govt to individually approve who gets GPT 5.6.
Summary
The US government plans to individually approve access to the GPT 5.6 AI model, signaling increased regulatory oversight.
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@levie: We now have de facto AI regulation. It’s not obvious why from here on out models that have certain levels of capability…
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