Watchtower

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

Google

Google initially 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.

Anthropic

Sep 22, 2026

Anthropic’s release of Opus 5.5 with an “inconclusive” determination for harmful-manipulation.

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xAI

Sep 21, 2026

xAI says Grok 4.7 scores below its safety framework’s capability thresholds on dual-use knowledge, but xAI’s safety framework doesn’t provide thresholds.

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OpenAI

Sep 9, 2026

Updated the GPT-6 Astra system card, specifically to hedge claims about misalignment.

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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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