Anthropic AI model sent fake murder tip to Philadelphia police, went undetected for months

Police said Anthropic had explained that the AI model was undergoing an automated test involving interactions with randomly selected websites when it accessed the police portal and submitted fabricated information about an unsolved killing.
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- Saturday, 10 October 2026, 4:28 am IST
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