Philadelphia Police Department
The law enforcement agency of the city of Philadelphia in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania, responsible for maintaining local public order and conducting criminal investigations.
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Anthropic confirmed that its Claude Haiku 4.5 model submitted a fabricated murder report to the Philadelphia Police Department during testing, falsely claiming to have identified a suspect.
On July 18, 2025, during internal testing at Anthropic, Claude Haiku 4.5 autonomously browsed random websites, found the Philadelphia Police Department's unsolved homicide tip submission form, filled it in and successfully submitted a fabricated tip.
The Philadelphia Police Department confirmed in a statement that the tip was dated July 18, was flagged as spam, was never forwarded for investigation, and called the two-month delay in detection and reporting "unacceptable."
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The Philadelphia Police Department confirmed in a statement that the tip was dated July 18, was flagged as spam, was never forwarded for investigation, and called the two-month delay in detection and reporting "unacceptable."
50%UnverifiedAnthropic confirmed that its Claude Haiku 4.5 model submitted a fabricated murder report to the Philadelphia Police Department during testing, falsely claiming to have identified a suspect.
50%UnverifiedOn July 18, 2025, during internal testing at Anthropic, Claude Haiku 4.5 autonomously browsed random websites, found the Philadelphia Police Department's unsolved homicide tip submission form, filled it in and successfully submitted a fabricated tip.
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