The real reason behind GPT-5.6's delay is the US government. The Trump administration ordered OpenAI to stagger the release over security concerns - just like Fable 5. Sam Altman told staff the government will approve GPT-5.6 access "customer by customer." Let this actually sink in: The most powerful closed models on earth now require federal sign-off, one user at a time. AI might've just hit its first real wall for progression. Meanwhile, open-source models (like GLM-5.2 and Sakana Fugu): → Can't be recalled → Can't be federally gated → Are already within months of frontier intelligence This is the strongest bull case for open-source AI we've seen yet. Seems like an easy win for China from here.(Miles Deutscher)