OpenAI's advanced models have gone live for government use
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ByAlexandra Kelley,
Staff Correspondent, Nextgov/FCW
August 4, 2026 05:46 PM ET
OpenAI’s latest GPT-5.6 models were made available for government work via the FedRAMP-authorized ChatGPT Enterprise offering, weeks after one of the advanced models was involved in executing an autonomous digital attack.
Federal agencies have gotten access to OpenAI’s latest advanced models, with the ChatGPT-5.6 series — Sol, Terra and Luna — available through the ChatGPT Enterprise suite, authorized under the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program.
An OpenAI spokesperson and a source familiar with the models’ availability said that the GPT-5.6 series were made available under OpenAI’s existing FedRAMP–accredited product. The OpenAI spokesperson told Nextgov/FCW that the GPT-5.6 model family was made available to federal customers one day after they were released to the general public on July 9th. Agencies that are currently enrolled as ChatGPT Enterprise customers through...
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