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washingtonpost.com2026-06-26

U.S. government will decide who gets to use latest upgrade to ChatGPT

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federal government will vet companies seeking access to OpenAI's latest technology. The decision marks a major expansion of the Trump administration's regulation of Silicon Valley, according to the article. The report did not specify the exact model or version involved, but referred to it as the 'latest upgrade to ChatGPT.'

The vetting process will determine which companies are approved to use the technology. The announcement represents a significant step in government oversight of artificial intelligence development and deployment. It follows a series of similar actions by the administration regarding advanced AI models from leading labs.

The latest policy extends that approach to controlling access to OpenAI's cutting-edge language models.

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