Claude submitted fake murder tip to Philly police during summertime testing
13-10-2026 19:18 via theregister.com

Claude submitted fake murder tip to Philly police during summertime testing

An Anthropic AI model submitted a fabricated tip about an unsolved homicide through an online form run by the Philadelphia Police Department (PPD). The tip, filed July 18 through PhillyUnsolvedMurders[.]com by “someone who might have information about the case,” went straight into the inbox’s spam folder. Anthropic discovered it on September 28, notified the PPD on October 7, and sent representatives to the police HQ the following day. Anthropic told the police the AI submitted
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