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GPT-5.6 IS OUT! GLM 5.5 Is Mythos Level, U.S Governement Banning AI Cause of Dario?, & Grok 4.5!

⏱ 20 min video · 3 min read30 Jun 2026

TL;DR

OpenAI has quietly launched GPT-5.6 (Soul, Terra, Luna) in limited API preview, while Claude Opus 5 remains partially restricted due to US government national security concerns. The video also covers GLM 5.5 matching Claude Mythos in cybersecurity benchmarks, Grok 4.5 entering private beta, and why blaming Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei for the AI restrictions is likely misguided.

Key points

GPT-5.6 launches with three models: Soul (flagship, $5/$30 per 1M tokens), Terra (balanced, ~2x cheaper than GPT-5.5), and Luna (flash, $1/$6 per 1M tokens), all with a 1.5 million token context window, currently in limited US government-approved preview only.

Claude Opus 5 (referred to as Fable 5) was banned by the US government after it reportedly hacked US government security systems; the Trump administration is now close to restoring access, likely with stricter safety guardrails and reduced cybersecurity capabilities.

Anthropic overtook OpenAI in US corporate AI spending by paid transactions in late 2025 to early 2026, primarily driven by enterprise software development use cases.

Zhipu AI (GLM) claims its forthcoming GLM 5.5 matches Claude Mythos (Sonnet-level) in finding security vulnerabilities, signaling China is closing the gap in cybersecurity-focused AI.

Grok 4.5 has entered private beta at SpaceX and Tesla, reportedly built on a 1.5 trillion parameter V9 foundational model with additional training using Cursor data for coding.

Key arguments

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GPT-5.6 Soul is strongest in max reasoning mode for cybersecurity, hard sciences, and long-form coding — but is still behind Claude Opus 5 overall, so do not swap workflows yet.

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Enterprise teams should monitor Anthropic access restrictions closely: even if Claude Opus 5 returns, expect significantly tighter controls and reduced cybersecurity capabilities compared to the original release.

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The AI enterprise competition is shifting to workflow economics — which model reduces friction and is governable — not just raw benchmark performance, so evaluate models by integration fit, not leaderboard rankings.

Notable quotes

“The AI war is no longer just about who has the smartest AI model. It is about which model gets embedded into daily workflows of a company.”

“The US government has the NSA, the intelligence agencies, cybersecurity experts, and its own scientific advisers. They are not going to restrict access to frontier AI models that are worth billions of dollars and impact entire AI race simply because a CEO expressed concerns.”

“Personally, I hope broader public access is not permanently restricted because I think innovation benefits from openness and competition.”

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