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Watchtower tracks when AI companies change their safety policies — and when they break them.
Changed their usage policies to remove a ban on using OpenAI products for "military and warfare."
OpenAI
Jan 10, 2024
Changed their usage policies to remove a ban on using OpenAI products for "military and warfare." The likely proximate cause for this, from public information, was working with the Pentagon on cybersecurity and veteran suicide. However, it's not clear if there were other (less PR-friendly) motivations for collaboration with militaries, now or in the future.
This change coincided with protests.
OpenAI
Aug 18, 2026
OpenAI updated its Model Spec, the document outlining intended model behavior
xAI
Aug 17, 2026
xAI updated Grok 4.6's model card after release. A changelog was included.
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
OpenAI
Aug 3, 2026
OpenAI updated its system card for two of its models: GPT 5.6 and GPT Live.
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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