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Policy2026-07-17 · source-backed
OpenAI's own materials confirm the Sol family went GA July 9 after a limited June 26 preview restricted to government-approved partners at the US government's request. A lab showing frontier capabilities to government before public release is a pre-release-review precedent worth tracking, whatever you think of it. Set against WAICO's open-source pitch the same week, the two governance models could not be more visibly different, and both got their marquee moment on the same calendar.
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