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During this phase the government will approve each user individually.
The reporting says approval is for partners/customers during the preview, not each individual end user.
Full reasoning
The available reporting does not say the government will review or approve every individual user one by one.
What multiple reports say instead is that GPT-5.6 would launch in a limited preview to a small group of partners, with access approved "customer by customer" during that preview period.
- Reuters reported that OpenAI would release GPT-5.6 "in a limited preview to a small group of partners" and that the government would be approving access "customer by customer".
- CNN likewise reported that the White House asked OpenAI to limit release to a small number of government-approved partners, and cited Altman's memo saying access was being approved "customer by customer."
That is materially narrower and different from saying the government will approve "each user individually." "Customer" / "partner" here refers to the organizations or preview customers receiving access, not every end user one at a time.
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- Trump administration asks OpenAI to stagger release of new model, The Information reports
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman informed staff the company would release its latest model, GPT 5.6, in a limited preview to a small group of partners... Altman told staff the government would be "approving access customer by customer during this preview period" for GPT 5.6.
- White House asks OpenAI to limit its next model release - KESQ
The White House has requested OpenAI limit the release of its upcoming GPT 5.6 model to a small number of government-approved partners... The Information ... cited a memo OpenAI CEO Sam Altman sent to the company on Thursday, in which he said the government is approving access "customer by customer."