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

An Anthropic AI model provided false information about an unsolved homicide to a Philadelphia Police Department (PPD) tipline, according to a report from 6abc. In a statement released on Friday, the PPD said the AI model sent the tip through PhillyUnsolvedMurd

The Verge AIIndependent reporting·09 Oct 2026, 21:15

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Anthropic

Latest funding: Growth · $65B · 28 May 2026
Newest model on the API: Claude Haiku 5.5 · 7 Oct 2026 · $0.1 in / $0.5 out per million tokens
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