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After a two-week government-requested delay, GPT-5.6 is now broadly available in three tiers — plus GPT-Live, a voice model that listens and speaks at the same time.
Claude Fable 5 launched June 9, was forced offline by a U.S. export directive within three days, and returned with new cybersecurity classifiers. Inside the first government-ordered model recall.
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