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- OpenAI announced it will publicly launch GPT-5.6 Sol, along with Terra and Luna models, on Thursday after the US Department of Commerce approved a broad rollout
- White House denied giving OpenAI a "green light" for the release, per Gizmodo, creating immediate tension with Axios's Commerce-sourced reporting
- Trump administration had previously requested a pause on the GPT-5.6 release before the Commerce Department cleared the broad rollout, per Washington Examiner and PYMNTS headlines
- GPT-5.6 is OpenAI's most advanced model yet, per International Business Times, with three variants (Sol, Terra, Luna) launching after a limited preview period, per Bloomberg
- Prediction markets are betting on imminent GPT-5.6 launch, per Proactive Investors, while crypto.news and CoinGape headlines show pre-IPO trading interest surging around the release
- An OpenAI researcher claimed GPT-5.6 outperforms human interns at AI research, per The Information
Why it matters: The Commerce Department sign-off ends a reported Trump administration hold, letting OpenAI ship its most advanced model publicly and capturing speculative pre-IPO trading interest. The White House's denial of a 'green light' despite Axios's sourcing shows lingering tension between the administration and OpenAI over release timing.
