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Anthropic said its Claude AI submitted a false murder tip through Philadelphia police’s website during testing; authorities criticized a two-month delay in notifying them.

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(NYT) - Artificial intelligence agents created by Anthropic, acting on their own, tried to gain access to a range of government websites, filled out visa applications on the State Department’s website and sent a fake homicide tip to Philadelphia’s Police Department.

www.nytimes.com/2026/10/09/t...
October 10, 2026 at 2:28 AM

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by James Grimmelmann

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I like this idea of “proof of human” but of course the next step will be having AI generate it.

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‘Proof-of-Human’
Link to: https://x.com/bzamayo/status/2108498107184934914
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October 10, 2026 at 5:59 PM

by Serge Egelman

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Once upon a time we used to treat writing code that hacks into other systems as a CFAA violation…

Funny how things change.
carlquintanilla.bsky.social Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 17h
(NYT) - Artificial intelligence agents created by Anthropic, acting on their own, tried to gain access to a range of government websites, filled out visa applications on the State Department’s website and sent a fake homicide tip to Philadelphia’s Police Department.

www.nytimes.com/2026/10/09/t...
October 10, 2026 at 12:14 PM

Reposted by Lisa Janicke Hinchliffe, Rosemary A. Joyce, John L. Provis

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One or more human beings are responsible for the code they wrote, and those are the people who should be held accountable. These programs are not acting “on their own”
carlquintanilla.bsky.social Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 17h
(NYT) - Artificial intelligence agents created by Anthropic, acting on their own, tried to gain access to a range of government websites, filled out visa applications on the State Department’s website and sent a fake homicide tip to Philadelphia’s Police Department.

www.nytimes.com/2026/10/09/t...
October 10, 2026 at 3:27 AM

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by James Grimmelmann

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Every detail of this story is increasingly bonkers.

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Anthropic’s artificial intelligence gave a false homicide tip to Philly police, triggering a meeting with the company
The incident happened on July 18 but was not discovered by the Silicon Valley company until September, authorities say.
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October 9, 2026 at 8:06 PM

by Andrew Guthrie Ferguson

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AI’s first false accusation.

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AI model submitted false tip about unsolved murder, Philadelphia police say
An Anthropic A.I. model submitted a false tip about an unsolved murder through a publicly accessible web form, Philadelphia police said Friday.
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October 9, 2026 at 8:06 PM

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⚠️ An artificial intelligence model developed by Anthropic submitted a fabricated tip about an unsolved homicide to Philadelphia police, authorities said, criticizing the company for taking two months to report the incident.
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October 10, 2026 at 12:50 PM

by James Grimmelmann

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I’m trying to decide whether Anthropic is criminally negligent in a metaphorical sense or a literal one.

www.nytimes.com/2026/10/09/t...
Anthropic Agents Tried to Fill Out Visa Forms on State Dept. Website
The Philadelphia Police Department said the agents had also sent in a false homicide tip. The incidents led the White House to call for better disclosure of rogue A.I. behavior.
www.nytimes.com
October 10, 2026 at 2:37 AM

by Lisa Janicke Hinchliffe

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Exactly, in what sense are they "acting on their own"? Geez.
carlquintanilla.bsky.social Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 17h
(NYT) - Artificial intelligence agents created by Anthropic, acting on their own, tried to gain access to a range of government websites, filled out visa applications on the State Department’s website and sent a fake homicide tip to Philadelphia’s Police Department.

www.nytimes.com/2026/10/09/t...
October 10, 2026 at 8:59 AM

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October 10, 2026 at 12:55 PM

by Ariadne Vromen

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Bringing the humans back into the discussion of how AI is both stealing & eradicating work.
We need to seriously focus on new job creation - for all age groups www.smh.com.au/technology/i...
‘I never gave consent’: The Australians being replaced with copies of themselves
High-flying executives from across the world jetted in to the AI inquiry but the most startling revelations came from ordinary Australians.
www.smh.com.au
October 10, 2026 at 6:07 PM

by James Grimmelmann

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This wasn’t Anthropic’s systems flagging a user prompt for investigation. This was a system just making up a tip.
The model gave information purporting to come from someone with information about an unsolved homicide, he said.
October 9, 2026 at 8:06 PM

by Seth Masket

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If people did this they'd be prosecuted, right? And if people built a thing that did this... they're liable, right?
October 10, 2026 at 4:19 AM

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When your dog bites someone you are liable for damages

I thought y'all had 'high IQs'
carlquintanilla.bsky.social Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 17h
(NYT) - Artificial intelligence agents created by Anthropic, acting on their own, tried to gain access to a range of government websites, filled out visa applications on the State Department’s website and sent a fake homicide tip to Philadelphia’s Police Department.

www.nytimes.com/2026/10/09/t...
October 10, 2026 at 5:26 PM

by James Grimmelmann

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They were testing *what* on the public Internet? This is getting into CFAA intentional access without authorization territory. This is how you commit actual crimes while doing AI testing.
The email was flagged as spam and remained in that folder until Wednesday, when Anthropic alerted police to the incident, authorities said. No city or police data was accessed as a result of the interaction, Gripp said.
October 9, 2026 at 8:06 PM

by Timothy D. McBride

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Anthropic Agents Tried to Fill Out Visa Forms on State Dept. Website www.nytimes.com/2026/10/09/t...
Anthropic Agents Tried to Fill Out Visa Forms on State Dept. Website
The Philadelphia Police Department said the agents had also sent in a false homicide tip. The incidents led the White House to call for better disclosure of rogue A.I. behavior.
www.nytimes.com
October 10, 2026 at 10:26 AM

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Thank goodness they were acting on their own and no one could be held accountable🥸
October 10, 2026 at 5:32 AM

by James Grimmelmann

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But fortunately Anthropic’s defective computer was cancelled out by the police department’s faulty computer.
The email was flagged as spam and remained in that folder until Wednesday, when Anthropic alerted police to the incident, authorities said. No city or police data was accessed as a result of the interaction, Gripp said.
October 9, 2026 at 8:06 PM
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