The Artificial Intelligence Show · 2026-06-30 · 1h 25m
OpenAI just previewed GPT-5.6, but for the first time, the U.S. government is deciding who gets access to a frontier AI model. Paul Roetzer and Mike Kaput break down what they're calling the soft nationalization of artificial intelligence: a staggered, government-approved release, the Dean Ball essay responding to it, and what it means when Washington, not the labs, controls the most powerful models. Plus: OpenAI's new Codex research on agents at work, the looming question of Chinese models, and the data center backlash uniting both parties. Show Notes: Access the show notes and show links here AI-Pulse Survey: Fill out this week’s AI-Pulse Survey here. Timestamps: 00:00:00 - Intro 00:04:54 - GPT-5.6 Begins Controlled Release 00:25:12 - Dean Ball Releases Essay on Critical Safety Actions 00:43:36 - How Agents Are Transforming Work: OpenAI's New Research 00:53:01 - Will the US Government Restrict Chinese Models?
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