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Anthropic's AI submitted a false tip-off about an unsolved murder to Philadelphia police — and the cops say…

An Anthropic AI model sent an unsolved murder tip-off to Philadelphia police
Anthropic took two weeks to discover what had happened
The tip-off was delivered to a spam folder and wasn't followed up on

We've seen AI inventing fake facts and spewing out hiking plans that put people in danger, but the technology has now progressed to the level of sending false, unsolicited tip-offs to the police about unsolved murder cases.

An Anthropic AI model emailed the Philadelphia Police Department (PPD) tip line on July 18, TechCrunch reports, having come across the PhillyUnsolvedMurders.com portal during a website interaction test and learning about the case.

As the email went to the PPD spam folder it wasn't followed up on, and it appears no one was aware of the incident until Anthropic found out what had happened on September 28. The company then contacted the cops on Wednesday, October 7.

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