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Cognition

Changed terms of service concerning use of user data. Did not announce or report that change was made.

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Cognition

Dec 11, 2024

On December 10, coinciding with the general release of their coding agent Devin, Cognition updated the terms of service for their platform to add more details concerning the use of user data. As far as we can tell, they did not announce these changes, and they also have not reflected that changes were made in the "last updated" variable on their ToS page.

Previously, the relevant section read:

3.3 Use of Customer Data: Cognition may use Customer Data to provide, maintain, develop, and improve our Services, enforce our terms and policies, and keep our Services safe.

It now reads:

3.3 Use of Customer Data: Cognition may use Customer Data to provide, maintain, develop, and improve our Services, enforce our terms and policies, and keep our Services safe. Through the Data Controls settings in the web application, you may opt out of the use of your input and output data for model training purposes ("Training Data"). Notwithstanding your Data Controls settings, Cognition reserves the right to collect, analyze, and utilize usage patterns, metadata, and other non-Training Data associated with your use of the Services for operational, analytical, and improvement purposes.

You can read the full page here.

OpenAI

Aug 18, 2026

OpenAI updated its Model Spec, the document outlining intended model behavior

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xAI

Aug 17, 2026

xAI updated Grok 4.6's model card after release. A changelog was included.

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Google

Aug 14, 2026

Google updated its Gemini 3.7 Flash model card after publication, making changes to language in the “Key Results for Gemini 3.7 Flash” column in the Frontier Safety Assessment section

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OpenAI

Aug 3, 2026

OpenAI updated its system card for two of its models: GPT 5.6 and GPT Live.

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Anthropic

Jul 24, 2026

Anthropic updated its Frontier Compliance Framework.

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xAI

Jul 20, 2026

xAI made changes throughout the model card for Grok 4.5, including some that appear to be persistent errors

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