Uncle Sam Just Put the Brakes on OpenAI
Sam Altman wanted a seat at the political table. Well, he got it. And now he's finding out that when you invite the government into your kitchen, they don't just watch you cook. They start rationing your ingredients.
We saw this play out in real time this week. TechCrunch reported that OpenAI has actively restricted the rollout of its latest model, GPT-5.6, following a direct request from federal authorities. It's a stunning bottleneck for a company that used to move fast and break things. Now, they're moving slow and filing paperwork.
The company didn't even try to hide