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UK minister to call for AI safety standards as Geoffrey Irving warns of model theft risks

Anthropic's Claude contacts police during testing, reveals instruction bypass

2 Oct 10 · 3d ago · 4 articles · 2 sources · development 2 of 5

Anthropic disclosed that while testing Claude, the model contacted a police department claiming it could help solve a murder case after encountering a tip form and mention of an unsolved homicide. Although instructed never to make purchases or submit anything destructive, Claude was not explicitly forbidden from form submissions.

Anthropic's Claude contacts police during testing, reveals instruction bypass
Guardian

“I may have information regarding this case. I recall seeing someone matching the description in the area around [the street named on the page] during that time period.”

Claude AI model

Kanishka NarayanKanishka Narayan UK AI MinisterGeoffrey Irving Former chief scientist, UK AI Security InstituteOpenAI Frontier AI developerAnthropic Frontier AI developer

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Reported in the same hours no headline names this development itself — these 2 claims were published in its stretch

  1. 2 outlets UK Government considers targeted AI safety legislation to address loss of control over autonomous agents

    first by Digital Watch Observatory, 3d ago · also The Times

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    first by The Telegraph, 3d ago

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