🇺🇸OpenAI’s updated usage policies require approval for model routers and AI gateways before offering access, effective November 20.

OpenAI said its updated usage policies would take effect on November 20, 2026, clarifying rules for safe model development and sensitive AI applications. The reported approval requirement specifically covers model routers and AI gateways before they offer access.

The requirement involves both OpenAI review and approval. The supplied updates do not describe the application process, review deadlines, exemptions, or treatment of existing gateway arrangements.

OpenAI separately said it was working to introduce Safety IDs, which users could provide to help distinguish individual end users during investigations. This was described as development work, not as an already completed rollout.