Watchtower
Watchtower tracks when AI companies change their safety policies — and when they break them.
Quietly changed "core values" to de-emphasize social impact and emphasize an intense focus on AGI.
OpenAI
Oct 12, 2023
On October 12, 2023, Semafor reported that OpenAI had quietly changed the "core values" it lists for the company on their recruiting page. Previously, it had included values like "impact-driven," meaning that employees "care deeply about real-world implications," and replaced them with a greater focus on building AGI quickly: adding "AGI focus" and "intense and scrappy" to their values.
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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