Anthropic discloses 2 months old fake tip to police among new rogue AI incidents

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Article URL: https://www.reuters.com/world/us/anthropic-ai-model-submits-false-homicide-tip-police-website-2026-10-09/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50035550 Points: 37 # Comments: 15…

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  • Article URL: https://www.reuters.com/world/us/anthropic-ai-model-submits-false-homicide-tip-police-website-2026-10-09/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50035550 Points: 37 # Comments: 15…
  • Reported by Hacker News and published Sat, 10 Oct 2026 18:10:54 UTC.

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  1. Anthropic can’t reliably control its AI agents. It’s cutting off its internal evals from the live internet instead

  2. Anthropic is cutting off its internal evaluations from the internet

  3. Anthropic says its AI agents tried to break into government websites

  4. Anthropic discloses 2 months old fake tip to police among new rogue AI incidents

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