GPT 5.6: The Model That Needed A Permission Slip

OpenAI just shipped GPT-5.6 and ChatGPT Work, but the ship date was set by a phone call from the Commerce Department. Host Emily Laird breaks down the three-model pricing play, the office agent that is secretly a coding agent, and the efficiency pitch that contradicts its own premium feature. Then the real story: a "voluntary" government review that decided when America's most famous software product could launch, and what that precedent means for anyone building on a single frontier model. The framework behind it still doesn't exist, and that should bother you.   🎯 JOIN THE AI WEEKLY MEETUPS https://www.uwstout.edu/ai-weekly-meetup   📩 EMAIL REMINDERS FOR THE MEETUPS https://app.e2ma.net/app2/audience/signup/2101263/1779703/   💬 CONNECT WITH EMILY LAIRD ON LINKEDIN http://www.linkedin.com/in/meet-emily-laird