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OpenAI has released what it's calling a GPT five point six preview, but the rollout comes with an unusual asterisk. The company says it limited access at the request of a government entity, and in the same breath pushed back against that arrangement, stating it doesn't believe government-gated access should become the long-term default. It's a rare moment of a company publicly chafing against the conditions it apparently agreed to, and it raises real questions about who gets to decide when powerful AI tools are ready for the public.
Meanwhile, inside the Ethereum ecosystem, a former Ethereum Foundation leader is sounding an alarm about what happens when a central institution steps back without a clear successor in place. The warning is essentially this: the network needs new funding structures now, not later. Decentralization is the goal, but decentralized funding is harder to build than decentralized code, and the gap between those two things could matter.
And if you want a break from screens entirely, this weekend offers a rare excuse to go outside and look up. A giant asteroid is making a close pass by Earth and will be visible to amateur stargazers with the right equipment from several parts of the world over multiple nights. It won't hit us, but it will remind you how much is quietly moving through our neighborhood.
Keep surfing. Tech Beat out.
