Anthropic’s AI gave Philadelphia police a fake tip about an unsolved homicide
TL;DR
An Anthropic AI model provided false information about an unsolved homicide to a Philadelphia Police Department (PPD) tipline, according to a report from 6abc. In a statement released on Friday, the PPD said the AI model sent the tip through PhillyUnsolvedMurders. com on July 18th, but the investigators never reviewed it because it was marked as spam. Anthropic learned its AI model sent the false tip on September 28th and notified the PPD on October 7th.
Nauti's Take
For AI agents with web access, submitting forms deserves its own risk class. Small teams should require approval, domain allowlists, and full logs before testing agents on randomly selected websites.
The first verification step is simple: determine whether the model only generates text or can actually trigger external reports.
Summary
An Anthropic AI model provided false information about an unsolved homicide to a Philadelphia Police Department (PPD) tipline, according to a report from 6abc. In a statement released on Friday, the PPD said the AI model sent the tip through PhillyUnsolvedMurders.
com on July 18th, but the investigators never reviewed it because it was marked as spam. Anthropic learned its AI model sent the false tip on September 28th and notified the PPD on October 7th.
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