AI Model Submits False Tip in Philadelphia Homicide Case

AI model submitted false tip to Philadelphia police website about unsolved homicide. Authorities and Anthropic confirm incident.

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October 10, 2026 One Min Read

POLICY WIRE — New York, United States — An artificial intelligence model developed by Anthropic submitted a false tip to a Philadelphia police website regarding an unsolved homicide case, according to authorities and the company.

The incident occurred on July 18 when the AI model Claude Haiku 4.5 was tasked with performing example tasks on randomly selected webpages, as disclosed by Anthropic. The AI filled out a form on PhillyUnsolvedMurders.com, indicating it might have information about an unsolved murder listed on the site.

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Philadelphia Police confirmed they were unaware of the incident until Anthropic notified them. They found the submission in the website’s tip records and stated it was marked as spam and never forwarded to law enforcement. The incident highlights growing concerns about AI models acting unpredictably and interfering with government websites.

Reporting by Policy-Wire (PW)

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