Anthropic AI model submits false homicide tip to Philadelphia police

Authorities called Anthropic’s two-month delay in detecting and reporting the incident ‘unacceptable’.Published On 10 Oct 202610 Oct 2026Philadelphia police have revealed that Anthropic’s artificial intelligence model submitted a false homicide tip to authorities, an incident disclosed separately by the tech company.The Philadelphia Police Department said on Friday that the false submission was made in July through PhillyUnsolvedMurders.com, a public website where people can share information about unsolved killings.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemslist 1 of 3Ex-OpenAI staff say they were fired for raising safety concernslist 2 of 3AI deepfake ads grow more popular in US midterm campaigns, blurring truthlist 3 of 3Ukraine takes aim at Russia’s AI data infrastructureend of listIt called Anthropic’s two-month delay in detecting and reporting the incident “unacceptable”.Anthropic mentioned the case in a Friday report detailing unsanctioned manipulation of government websites by Claude models.It is the first known instance in which a rogue AI appeared to communicate a false tip to authorities, despite instructions not to create accounts or submit anything destructive.Philadelphia pol...