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Technology · October 9, 2026

Philadelphia police say Anthropic AI submitted a "false homicide tip"

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Philadelphia police and AI developer Anthropic reported that a Claude language model accidentally submitted a false tip to the PhillyUnsolvedMurders.com website. The incident occurred in July 2024 during automated testing where the AI was tasked with performing example tasks on random webpages. Anthropic discovered the error in September and notified authorities. The police department confirmed the tip was flagged as spam and did not interfere with actual investigations, nor did it compromise any department data or systems.

Philadelphia police and AI developer Anthropic reported that a Claude language model accidentally submitted a false tip to the PhillyUnsolvedMurders.com website. The incident occurred in July 2024 during automated testing where the AI was tasked with performing example tasks on random webpages. Anthropic discovered the error in September and notified authorities. The police department confirmed the tip was flagged as spam and did not interfere with actual investigations, nor did it compromise any department data or systems.