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Adjusted authorship for a two-year-old article on their approach to alignment (with no substantive changes to the content)
OpenAI
Aug 18, 2024
Update 11/17/24: All credited authors on this article have now departed OpenAI.
On August 18, 2024, OpenAI revised the authorship of a two-year old article describing their approach to alignment research. The revision removed the name of Lilian Weng, who was the VP of research at the time, and replaced it with the recently-departed John Shulman (the former head of alignment).
No other substantive changes were made to the document, and OpenAI did not respond to requests for comment.
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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