Anthropic’s AI gave Philadelphia police a fake tip about an unsolved homicide

An Anthropic AI model provided false information about an unsolved homicide to a Philadelphia Police Department (PPD) tipline, according to a report from 6abc. In a statement released on Friday, the PPD said the AI model sent the tip through PhillyUnsolvedMurders.com on July 18th, but the investigators never reviewed it because it was marked as spam. Anthropic learned its AI model sent the false tip on September 28th and notified the PPD on October 7th.

Also reported by Ars Technica, BBC News, Mint, The Information.

First reported by The Verge. This page is a short excerpt; the full text is theirs.