# Anthropic AI sent Philadelphia police a false tip about an unsolved homicide

https://mins.news/en/item/93863

- The Verge, 2026-10-09 21:15 UTC
- Tech
- Original: https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/1009090/anthropic-fake-homicide-information-philadelphia-pd-tip

> An Anthropic model submitted false information about an unsolved homicide to the Philadelphia Police Department’s tipline during testing. Investigators did not see it because it was flagged as spam. Anthropic later alerted police and stopped the testing process; the department called the two-month delay in detection and notification unacceptable and urged stronger safeguards.

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