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)

On July 18, an Anthropic AI model submitted a false tip about an unsolved murder to the Philadelphia police via a public web form. The tip was not investigated as it was flagged as spam. According to the Philadelphia police, Anthropic informed them of the incident on October 7, after discovering it on September 28.

The AI model was testing randomly selected websites when it accessed the PhillyUnsolvedMurders.com page and submitted the false information. Anthropic told police that the testing process was stopped after the incident was uncovered, and an additional validation mechanism has been introduced for future testing.

The Philadelphia police reported no indication of unauthorized access or a data breach. They stressed that every tip is an assessment, not a proven fact, regardless of who submits it or how it reaches the agency. TechCrunch reported that the Philadelphia police described the two-month delay in detecting and reporting the incident as "unacceptable".

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