AnalysisPolicyJuly 9, 2026
Government approval of OpenAI's Sol model lacks transparency

OpenAI's frontier model Sol, on par with Anthropic's briefly banned Fable, received government approval through an opaque process. Researchers and insiders say no one knows the requirements, raising concerns about who gatekeeps AI release.
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