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Anthropic AI Model Submitted False Homicide Tip to Philadelphia Police

Philadelphia police say an Anthropic AI model, during an automated test, submitted a false tip about an unsolved murder through a public web form on July 18, which Anthropic reported to them on October 7.

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Oct 9, 5:51 PM scmp.com Anthropic AI model sent fake murder tip to US police, hit government sites
Oct 9, 5:25 PM straitstimes.com Anthropic AI model sent fake murder tip to Philadelphia police
Oct 9, 4:33 PM nypost.com Anthropic AI model sends false homicide tip to Philadelphia police website
Oct 9, 4:22 PM washingtonpost.com Anthropic AI agents took ‘unintended’ actions on government sites
Oct 9, 4:19 PM nytimes.com Anthropic Says Its A.I. Agents Attempted to Access a Range of Government Sites
Oct 9, 3:13 PM yahoo.com Anthropic AI sent a fake murder tip to Philadelphia police while running a test
Oct 9, 2:57 PM dailycaller.com Anthropic’s AI Sent Police A False Report Of A Homicide
Oct 9, 2:15 PM theverge.com Anthropic’s AI gave Philadelphia police a fake tip about an unsolved homicide
Oct 9, 2:15 PM washingtonpost.com AI system submits false homicide tip to Philadelphia police
Oct 9, 1:00 PM techmeme.com Philadelphia police say Anthropic informed them on Oct. 7 that one of its models submitted a false tip about an unsolved murder via a public web form on July 18 (6abc)
Oct 9, 1:00 PM engadget.com An Anthropic model submitted a false homicide tip to Philadelphia police
Oct 9, 12:36 PM techcrunch.com An Anthropic AI model sent a false homicide tip to Philadelphia police
Oct 9, 11:48 AM cbsnews.com Philadelphia police say Anthropic AI submitted a "false homicide tip"