Anthropic’s AI gave Philadelphia police a fake tip about an unsolved homicide

An Anthropic AI exemplary provided mendacious accusation astir an unsolved homicide to a Philadelphia Police Department (PPD) tipline, according to a study from 6abc. In a connection released connected Friday, the PPD said the AI exemplary sent the extremity done PhillyUnsolvedMurders.com connected July 18th, but the investigators ne'er reviewed it due to the fact that it was marked arsenic spam.

Anthropic learned its AI exemplary sent the mendacious extremity connected September 28th and notified the PPD connected October 7th. The institution said that during testing, its AI exemplary was interacting with "randomly selected websites" and submitted mendacious accusation done the PPD's tipline, according to the PPD's stateme …

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