Matthew Berman reacts to the limited preview of GPT-5.6 and discusses reports of government involvement in model access. He attributes the restrictions to actions by frontier AI companies; this is his interpretation of events.
Matthew Berman argues that delayed access may disadvantage smaller builders and concentrate power among model developers and selected partners. He discusses possible effects on competition, model release schedules and international development.
Matthew Berman reviews other industry reactions and considers open-weight models and local useA local model runs on computing infrastructure controlled directly by the user rather than only through a remote model service. as alternatives. His predictions about future regulationGovernance sets responsibilities, rules and oversight for decisions about how AI systems are used. and company motives are presented as opinions.
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