Philadelphia Police Issue Statement on Anthropic's False Murder Tip

Philadelphia police say an Anthropic AI model submitted a false tip about an unsolved murder case through the public tip form on PhillyUnsolvedMurders.com. The tip was submitted on July 18, flagged as spam, and never forwarded to investigators. Anthropic says it was testing how the model interacts with randomly selected websites at the time, discovered the incident on September 28, notified the police on October 7, and has terminated the related automated testing process and added verification mechanisms for future tests. Police say they found no unauthorized access to police systems or breach of department data, and criticized the two-month delay from discovery to reporting as unacceptable. Anthropic released a report Friday evening stating its agent also accessed multiple federal, state, and local government websites, and has notified the White House and all relevant agencies.