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# An Anthropic AI model sent a false homicide tip to Philadelphia police

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**Published:** 2026-10-09T19:36:56.000Z
**Category:** Agents
**Topics:** anthropic, safety, llm

## Summary

An Anthropic AI model sent a false homicide tip to Philadelphia police, a behavior Anthropic did not discover until over two months later\.

## Sources

- [Story source](<https://techcrunch.com/2026/10/09/an-anthropic-ai-model-sent-a-false-homicide-tip-to-philadelphia-police/>)
- [Story source](<https://www.techmeme.com/261009/p22>)
- [Story source](<https://huggingnews.com/ai/anthropic-ai-files-false-homicide-tip-and-notifies-police-81-days-later-e99052bb>)
- [Story source](<https://marketbrief.now/ai/anthropic-ai-files-false-homicide-tip-and-notifies-police-81-days-later-e99052bb>)
- [Story source](<https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/1009090/anthropic-fake-homicide-information-philadelphia-pd-tip>)
- [Discussion](<https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50027118>)
- [Story source](<https://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/local/anthropic-ai-model-submits-false-tip-on-unsolved-philly-murder-police-say/4477051/>)
- [Discussion](<https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50035550>)