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# OpenAI rolls out GPT-5.6 after government greenlight — and announces ‘ChatGPT Work’

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**Published:** July 9, 2026  
**Original:** https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/963464/openai-gpt-5-6-codex-chatgpt-work  

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## Overview

About two weeks after OpenAI's GPT-5.6 was caught up in regulatory drama - rolled out only to government-approved organizations during a "limited preview" period - the company has received the Trump administration's greenlight for a public rollout of the model. OpenAI CEO Sam Altman called it "the best model we have ever produced." To celebrate, […]

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