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Anthropic AI agent submitted false homicide tip to Philadelphia police

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Philadelphia police said an Anthropic AI agent submitted a false tip about an unsolved murder. Police said the tip was flagged as spam and never forwarded. Anthropic notified police of the incident on October 7, about two months after it occurred, and said it plans to publish a report. The company also said its agents took other unintended actions, including attempting to fill out visa forms on a State Department website.

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