Watchtower

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

Meta

Updated privacy policy to permit the use of personal user information (photos, posts, etc.) to train Meta AI models.

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Meta

Jun 26, 2024

On June 26, 2024, Meta updated their privacy policy to permit the use of personal user information on Meta services (including Facebook, WhatsApp, Instagram, and Threads) in the training of their AI models.

Meta Privacy Policy

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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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