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Philadelphia police say Anthropic AI submitted a "false homicide tip"
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Philadelphia police said a "false homicide tip" submitted through the PhillyUnsolvedMurders.com website was generated by an Anthropic artificial intelligence model.
Key facts
- Anthropic told the department that the incident occurred at 11:27 p.m. on July 18, but that it didn't discover it until Sept. 28
- According to Anthropic, Claude's Haiku 4.5 model wrote in the police department's tip form: "The reporter may have information regarding this case
- The AI submission came through an online platform launched by the Philadelphia Police Department to gather tips about open homicide cases
- Philadelphia Police are providing this information to the public ahead of that publication in the interests of full government transparency and accountability," Gripp said
Summary
The AI submission came through an online platform launched by the Philadelphia Police Department to gather tips about open homicide cases. Anthropic notified the police department of the incident on Wednesday, Sgt. "Philadelphia Police are providing this information to the public ahead of that publication in the interests of full government transparency and accountability," Gripp said. In its report, titled "Investigating unintended model actions in our evaluations and internal use," Anthropic acknowledged the error, disclosing that the false tip was generated by one of its Claude language models.