Are frontier models really too dangerous?

Link: OpenAI will delay GPT-5.6 after Trump administration request, by Hayden Field in The VergeI’ve got (at least) two worries about the story that the Trump Administration halted the release of models from both Anthropic and OpenAI.Anthropic recently pulled its Fable model release in response to the government. Now it turns out that OpenAI has done something similar:“The Information reported that OpenAI CEO Sam Altman told employees Wednesday in a company Q&A that it would release GPT-5.6 in limited preview form — granting access only to a small group of enterprise customers — in compliance with a request from the federal government. During that preview period, the Trump administration itself would reportedly approve access for customers on a case-by-case basis.”In some ways, what a coup for the AI industry. This technology is so powerful that the government doesn’t think anyone should have it — and when it does inevitably release into the public’s hands, what a valuable product…