OpenAI's GPT-5.6 Sol Set a Governance Precedent — Previewed to the US Government, Launched to Trusted Partners First

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OpenAI's own launch materials confirm GPT-5.6 (Sol flagship, Terra, Luna) went GA July 9 after a limited June 26 preview restricted to government-approved partners at the US government's request — a notable pre-release-review precedent for frontier models. Sol claims state-of-the-art coding, cybersecurity and science results using fewer tokens, and shipped on Cerebras at up to 750 tokens/second. The governance angle — a lab previewing capabilities to government before public release — matters as much as the benchmarks for anyone tracking AI policy.