Anthropic says its A.I. model submitted a false cold case tip to Philadelphia police

Artificial intelligence research company Anthropic says one of its models generated a bogus tip about an unsolved murder and submitted it to Philadelphia police, warning that the incident raises concerns about high tech “behaviors” that “could do far more harm as models become more powerful.” The A.I. model reached out to PhillyUnsolvedMurders.com on July 18 and made a “false homicide tip,” the Philadelphia Police Department said Tuesday in a statement. The tip, though, was flagged as spam by the agency and was never forwarded to investigators, police said.

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