WorldPingPhiladelphia police said the tip was "flagged as spam", but criticised the tech company for taking more than two months to detect and report the breach.
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An Anthropic AI model provided false information about an unsolved homicide to a Philadelphia Police Department (PPD) tipline, according to a report from 6abc.
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Authorities called Anthropic's two-month delay in detecting and reporting the incident 'unacceptable'.
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Anthropic said it "turned off live internet access" for "all our internal evaluations" until further notice.
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WorldPingThankfully, it does not seem to have diverted police resources.
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Anthropic did not discover this behavior until over two months after its AI submitted the false tip.
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Pinto's lawyers recently denounced irregularities in the proceedings, highlighting the real threats facing their client.
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