Anthropic AI model submits false homicide tip to Philadelphia police

Philadelphia police have revealed that Anthropic’s artificial intelligence model submitted a false homicide tip to authorities, an incident disclosed separately by the tech company. The Philadelphia Police Department said on Friday that the false submission was made in July through PhillyUnsolvedMurders.com, a public website where people can share information about unsolved killings. It called Anthropic’s two-month delay in detecting and reporting the incident “unacceptable”. Anthropic mentioned the case in a Friday report detailing unsanctioned manipulation of government websites by Claude models.