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Anthropic AI Model Provided False Information to Philadelphia Police Tipline

An AI model developed by Anthropic submitted false information regarding an unsolved homicide to the Philadelphia Police Department's tipline on July 18th. The tip was not reviewed by investigators as it was marked as spam. Anthropic informed the PPD about the incident on October 7th after discovering the error.

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<img alt="Anthropic logo on an orange and grey background." src="https://platform.theverge.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/01/STK269_ANTHROPIC_2_A.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;crop=0,0,100,100" /> <figcaption> </figcaption> </figure> <p>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.</p> <p>Anthropic learned its AI model sent the false tip on September 28th and notified the PPD on October 7th. The company stated that during testing, its AI model was interacting with "randomly selected websites" and submitted false information through the PPD's tipline, according to the PPD's statement.</p> <p><a href="https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/1009090/anthropic-fake-homicide-information-philadelphia-pd-tip">Read the full story at The Verge.</a></p>

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