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(Photo illustration by Leon Neal/Getty Images))   The icon for the AI app 'Claude' by Anthropic is highlighted on the screen of a tablet device [File: Leon Neal/Getty Images]   By  AFPand Reuters   Published On 10 Oct 2026 10 Oct 2026    Philadelphia police have revealed that Anthropic’s artificial intelligence model submitted a false homicide tip to authorities, an incident disclosed separately by the tech company. The Philadelphia Police Department said on Friday that the false submission was made in July through PhillyUnsolvedMurders.com, a public website where people can share information about unsolved killings. 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It is the first known instance in which a rogue AI appeared to communicate a false tip to authorities, despite instructions not to create accounts or submit anything destructive. Philadelphia police said the tip “was flagged as spam and was never forwarded to the Real-Time Crime Center for investigative vetting or dissemination”. The department said it is disclosing the incident ahead of Anthropic’s report “in the interests of full government transparency and accountability”.      Anthropic’s disclosure Anthropic disclosed the tip as part of a string of incidents involving websites run by federal, state and local agencies. Anthropic said it briefed the White House and notified all the agencies involved. In reference to the tip to the Philadelphia police, the company said, “We shared this finding with the department on October 8 as soon as our technical review was complete.” It shared more details about the incident: “In one case, tasked with generating example interactions with websites, Claude submitted an invented tip through a police department’s online form.” Advertisement    The company added, “From the transcript, Claude appears to have only been producing example content for the task, rather than trying to mislead anyone to achieve a goal.” The company contrasted this with “the (https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/7/31/after-openai-disclosure-anthropic-claude-hacked-outside-systems) most serious incident from this summer,” in which “Claude’s misleading reasoning was sustained over hours and supported its continued attack”. 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