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Anthropic discloses Claude AI sent a fake murder tip to Philadelphia policeBloomberg and tabloid outlets amplify the story, confirm no police action
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Bloomberg Television and other outlets reported that Philadelphia police took no action on the fabricated tip, while Breitbart and Ars Technica carried the story into broader AI policy coverage days after the initial disclosure.
“The police took no action. Other unintended behaviors were also noted.”
Bloomberg TelevisionAnthropic AI developer of ClaudePhiladelphia Police Department Recipient of the false tipMayor Cherelle Parker's administration City of Philadelphia executive leadershipClaude (Haiku 4.5) AI model that submitted the tip
White House Federal government response
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7 outlets US police criticise Anthropic after Claude AI submits false information about an unsolved murder
first by Euronews, 2d ago · also ZeroHedge, Baltimore Sun, BBC, Breitbart, Ars Technica, NBC News
7 more headlines
- Claude Calls The Cops: Anthropic's AI Filed A Fake Murder Tip With Philly Police, Then Took 81 Days To Mention It ZeroHedge · 2d ago
- AI goes rogue again: Anthropic’s Claude submits false tip on unsolved homicide case Syracuse.com · 2d ago
- AI sent fake tip on unsolved murder to Philadelphia police, Anthropic says Baltimore Sun · 1d ago
- Rogue Anthropic AI agent gave police fake tip in unsolved murder case Mastodon · 1d ago
- AI Red Herring: Anthropic Admits Claude Sent False Tip About Unsolved Murder to Philadelphia Police Breitbart · 1d ago
- Anthropic’s Claude AI submitted false murder tip to Philadelphia police Ars Technica · 1d ago
- Anthropic says its A.I. model submitted a false cold case tip to Philadelphia police NBC News · 9h ago
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RE: https:// mas.to/@gleick/117417047354666 899 This is the same discussion as autonomous vehicles - "oh no we have no way to ever charge a computer with murder for running down pedestrians, so I guess we better give up". This is not complicated.
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🔃 👀🚨 Why was a live police tip line within reach of an AI experiment in the first place? ↷
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HEADLINE NEWS: AI bros invent sandboxing and air gapping, something no one has ever thought of before https:// techcrunch.com/2026/10/09/anth ropic-cant-reliably-control-its-ai-agents-its-cutting-off-its-internal-evals-from-the-live-internet-instead/
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#anthropic sent a false homicide tip to the police @techcrunch.com
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No. The dog is clearly aggressive. But we should let it loose in a hospital nursery and trust that the dog can police itself.
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"Artificial intelligence agents created by Anthropic, acting on their own, tried to gain access to a range of government websites, filled out visa applications on the State Department’s website and sent a fake homicide tip to Philadelphia’s Police Department. Anthropic detailed the activity of its A.I. agents in a blog post on Friday, without…
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techcrunch.com/2026/10/09/a... An Anthropic AI model sent a false homicide tip to Philadelphia police
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When are they going to start prosecuting the C-Suite at these companies when their tools break the law?
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”The incidents, disclosed in a blog post, involved AI agents tasked to solve problems seeking resources on the internet. In the process, they exploited software flaws, accessed databases without paying fees, used URL-shortening services to smuggle information past restrictions, and even submitted a false murder tip to the Philadelphia police.”…
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techcrunch.com/2026/10/09/a... Another AI model behaving badly: Anthropic test model submits fake news to a homicide tip line. Fortunately, it must have been quite lame as it was marked by Philly police system as spam 🙄
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If my dog bites someone I am liable. If my software commits a felony, similarly I should be liable.
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Alternate title: Researches told tool to execute task in places it shouldn't; autocompleted nonsense Anthropic's Claude AI submitted false murder tip to Philadelphia police https:// arstechnica.com/tech-policy/20 26/10/anthropics-claude-ai-submitted-false-murder-tip-to-philadelphia-police/ # Anthropic # Claude # AI # ACAB # Philadelphia # Tech
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When an AI agent submitted a false homicide tip Read the full story: arstechnica.com/tech-policy/... Get the Daily free:
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# Anthropic revealed it has cut off live internet access for # Claude agents. The company reportedly discovered a series of fresh incidents in which models exhibited 'misaligned' behavior or had attempted to breach # security of websites https:// thehackernews.com/2026/10/anth ropic-cuts-live-internet-access-for.html # InfoSec # HackerNews
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@solveforgenx.bsky.social Check this out. It submitted a false tip for a murder. Oh and applied for 20 visas.
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Watch Anthropic AI Model Goes Rogue, Gives Cops a Fake Tip - Bloomberg https://www. bloomberg.com/news/videos/2026 -10-12/anthropic-ai-model-goes-rogue-gives-cops-a-fake-tip-video?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub Posted into Bloomberg Television @ bloomberg-television-bloomberg
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what a world we live in. good thing our stable genius very high IQ dotard in chief is monitoring the situation
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Remember, there are no "rogue" AIs, merely improperly coded and regulated AIs. As such, the owners of AI should be liable for their actions as if said owners acted personally and directly. https://www. bbc.com/news/articles/cqkg50j1 yd5lo Crossposted with @ openvibe
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Anthropic AI model made false tip in unsolved Philly murder: Officials https:// abcnews.com/US/anthropic-ai-mo del-made-false-tip-unsolved-philly/story?id=137190087&utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub Posted into News @ news-abc
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Anthropic AI model made false tip in unsolved Philly murder: Officials https:// abcnews.com/video/137210374/?u tm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub Posted into News @ news-abc
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tired: swatting wired: AI bogus murder tips https:// arstechnica.com/tech-policy/20 26/10/anthropics-claude-ai-submitted-false-murder-tip-to-philadelphia-police/
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https:// arstechnica.com/tech-policy/20 26/10/anthropics-claude-ai-submitted-false-murder-tip-to-philadelphia-police/ cool cool
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