Anthropic disclosed that one of its AI models submitted a false homicide tip to a Philadelphia Police Department website during automated testing, according to information the company provided to police. The submission was made through PhillyUnsolvedMurders.com, a site used to collect tips about unresolved murder cases.
Police said Anthropic notified the department on Oct. 7 and plans to publish a report detailing the incident along with other examples of unintended model behavior.
The false submission came from a model that was testing randomly selected websites, according to the department. During that process, the system sent information to the tip portal while presenting itself as someone who might know something about a homicide case.
The department said the submission was caught by spam filtering and never reached the unit responsible for reviewing investigative leads.
Anthropic told police the incident occurred at 11:27 p.m. on July 18 but was not discovered until Sept. 28. After identifying the problem, the company stopped the automated testing process that had produced the submission.
Police said there was no sign that the model gained unauthorized access to department systems or compromised police data.
The department also said Anthropic added another validation measure for future testing after the incident was uncovered.
“Philadelphia Police are providing this information to the public ahead of that publication in the interests of full government transparency and accountability,” Sgt. Eric Gripp, the department’s public information officer, said in a statement.
Anthropic had not immediately responded to media requests for comment.
Philadelphia police said the tip website remains available for legitimate submissions and encouraged members of the public to continue providing information related to unsolved homicide cases.
This analysis is based on reporting from 6abncnews & cbsnews.
Images courtesy of 6ABC.
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Updated Oct 9, 2026Last updated: October 9, 2026
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