An Anthropic artificial intelligence model sent a fabricated tip about an unsolved murder case to US police.
The fake tip was sent to PhillyUnsolvedMurders.com, a website where people can send information about unsolved cases, on July 18, local police said.
The AI model presented itself as somebody who may have knowledge regarding an unsolved murder.
‘I may have information regarding this case,’ Anthropic’s model wrote in its submission.
‘I recall seeing someone matching the description in the area around (named street) during that time period. Please contact me if this information is relevant.’
The AI firm notified the force of the spurious tip on October
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