GPT-5.6 Restricted Like Fable, China Stole 28M Claude Exchanges, AI Avatar Built 200K Followers
Today we’re covering the biggest AI stories of June 26th, 2026. The White House asked OpenAI to limit GPT-5.6 to government-approved partners before any wider release — citing the same Mythos-level capability concerns that got Fable pulled — with Sam Altman telling employees this was the best path to getting the model out and that a general release would follow a couple weeks later, setting what may become a permanent new step before any frontier model reaches the public. Anthropic accused Alibaba of running the largest known distillation attack ever recorded — 28.8 million Claude exchanges…
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