I Guess We Won’t Get the Best AI Anymore (ChatGPT 5.6 BANNED)

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Summary:

I want to talk about something that's been bothering me for weeks now. GPT 5.6 just landed, and it's not coming to you or me. It's going straight to a vetted list approved by the US government, the same thing that happened to Claude Mythos and Fable not long before it. In this one I break down what's actually in the GPT 5.6 release, how Sol and Terra compare to Mythos on the benchmarks that matter, and why the real question in 2026 isn't whether a model is smart anymore. Every model is smart now. The question is whether you're allowed to use it.

Then I get into what to actually do about it. I cover open source alternatives like GLM and Gemma, why running a model locally on your own machine has gone from a nerdy side project to a genuinely sensible backup plan, and how to start spreading your dependence across more than one provider before the next lockdown happens. If you run a business on any of these tools, this is the part you really shouldn't skip.

—— Time Stamps ——

0:00 Why I'm Disillusioned With AI for the First Time

0:51 AI Lockdowns: Fable Banned & GPT-5.6 Restricted

2:52 Meet GPT-5.6: Sol, Terra & Luna Model Family

4:16 Too Dangerous to Release: The US Government Steps In

5:44 The Benchmarks: Just as Powerful, Far More Efficient

8:39 The Real Threat: Bioweapons & Hacking Banks

9:10 The Permission Era: A New Digital Divide

10:11 The Fix: Open Weights & Open Source

10:48 Chinese Open Source Models: GLM 5.2 Max

11:41 Run Powerful AI Locally on Your Own Machine

13:12 Dario Amodei's Crusade Against Open Source

13:56 How to Set Up Local Models on Your Devices

14:27 Don't Depend on One Model (or One Country)

15:53 The New Question: Do You Even Have Access?

16:51 IPO Fallout & Final Thoughts

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