Watchtower

Watchtower tracks when AI companies change their safety policies — and when they break them.

Google

Google intially released ​​Gemini 2.5 Pro without a safety report, in violation of a commitment to the White House.

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Google

Mar 25, 2025

In 2023, Google promised the White House that they would share information relevant to AI security with governments and publicly report security risks. In violation of this promise, Google intially released ​​Gemini 2.5 Pro without a safety report. After receiving criticism, the company released a model card months later.

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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