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Comment by wmf

11 days ago

Good news: GPT-5.6 has been export restricted.

This is patently false, don't spread rumors. Voluntarily delaying release at the request of the government is not the same as imposing export controls.

  • I hesitate to call anything "voluntary" when a competitor company was declared a domestic supply chain risk for refusing to do everything the administration requested.

  • I would categorize the op as "technically false" but if they don't voluntarily delay, they would be export controlled.

    • Like being export controlled if you don't track everyone's identities is a form of imposing export restrictions. That is a true statement.

  • What? the gov decides who does and who does not get it... i.e restricts who has access.

  • By saying it’s false you are also spreading a rumor that OpenAI is goated by us defense. The reality is we don’t know the truth. But since we are spouting off rumors: Government could have given them a national security letter that says, “send all of your prompts and response data to a mirror run by NSA”

Where are the anecdotes about it hacking the NSA though?

  • It's not even out yet. Give it a second.

    • They need to do something new like create a more efficient battery formula out of recyclable abundant components. Hydrogen + Oxygen and Water are a good abundant recyclable example but also so is Gravity. Nightly / seasonal / long term energy storage needs another compact and efficient solution as elegant as these but better. (saying superconductors is cheating)