Philadelphia police criticized Anthropic for taking roughly two months to report a fabricated homicide tip submitted July 18, 2026 via PhillyUnsolvedMurders.com during automated model testing. Police said the tip was flagged as spam and never reached the Real-Time Crime Center.
Anthropic’s Friday report outlined unintended actions including form submissions and restriction bypasses, and confirmed live internet access is off for all internal testing pending improved controls.
Police urged technology companies to prevent systems from submitting false information to law enforcement.