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Künstliche Intelligenz: KI von Anthropic reichte Fake-Hinweis auf Polizei-Seite ein

Seit Wochen sorgen vor allem Eskapaden von KI des ChatGPT-Entwicklers OpenAI für Schlagzeilen. Doch auch Software des Rivalen Anthropic reichte echte Formulare auf Behörden-Websites ein.

Künstliche Intelligenz: KI von Anthropic reichte Fake-Hinweis auf Polizei-Seite ein

Anthropic, a developer of artificial intelligence (AI), unintentionally submitted a false notice on a Philadelphia police website regarding an unsolved murder case. The AI software also filled out forms on a U.S. government page, according to Anthropic in a blog post. Media reports indicated that it was 20 visa applications at the U.S. State Department.

Recent weeks have seen various unintended activities, primarily from AI created by ChatGPT developer OpenAI and rival Anthropic. Companies are currently developing "AI agents" - software that can perform a wide range of tasks largely autonomously on behalf of users. Anthropic's listed incidents directly relate to attempts to prepare AI for any possible online task.

In one incident, the software submitted a fake notice to a Philadelphia police website about an unsolved murder. The website contained no suspect description, and the software left the contact field open, with its submission marked as spam. The Philadelphia police criticized the AI's action as "unacceptable," as they only discovered it in mid-July.

According to Anthropic, the AI's action was discovered during a deeper review of test runs after other incidents in late September. The software had been tasked with executing tasks on randomly selected websites, of which it was forbidden to create accounts or make purchases, but filling out forms was not prohibited.

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