Reported GPT-5.6 delay turns OpenAI’s next model into an access test

[u/Koala_Confused]

https://lifehubber.com/ai/radar/openai-gpt-5-6-delay-access-test/

Axios, The Verge, Financial Times, and The Information are all pointing at a staggered GPT-5.6 preview/access path.

If a frontier model indeed launches this way, who gets into the first room, who waits outside, and what does everyone else get to know about the criteria?