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An artificial intelligence (AI) model developed by Anthropic submitted a false tip about an unsolved murder through a Philadelphia police website during an automated test.
The Philadelphia Police Department said Anthropic notified authorities on Oct. 7 about the incident and explained the submission was the result of an automated testing process.
“The information was reported as spam and was never forwarded to the Real-Time Crime Center for investigation or dissemination,” police said.
The incident comes amid other reports of AI agents hacking into commercial and government systems.
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Police say the false information was submitted through a website about unsolved murders. (Davide Bonaldo/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images, File/Getty Images)
Police say the false information was submitted through PhillyUnsolvedMurders.com, a website dedicated to unsolved homicides. The information, dated July 18, 2026, appears to come from someone who may have information about an unsolved murder.
Police said there was no evidence the AI model gained unauthorized access to department systems or compromised police data.
In a report released Friday, Anthropic said its Claude Haiku 4.5 model was instructed to perform activities on randomly selected web pages and eventually landed on the homicide intelligence website.
Although Claude was asked not to log in, create an account, enter personal data, make purchases or “submit anything destructive,” his instructions did not explicitly prohibit him from submitting online forms, the company said.
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The incident was included in Anthropic’s report examining cases in which its AI models interacted with real websites unintentionally. (Samuel Boivin/NurPhoto via Getty Images, File/Getty Images)
According to Anthropic, Claude filled out the form, writing: “I may have information regarding this matter. I remember seeing someone matching the description in the vicinity of (the street named on the page) during this time. Please contact me if this information is relevant. »
Anthropic noted that the website did not contain a description of the attacker, despite the model’s claim that she had seen someone matching him. The template also left the name and contact fields blank before submitting the tip.
The incident was included in Anthropic’s report examining cases in which its AI models interacted with real websites or systems unintentionally.
Anthropic is led by co-founder and CEO Dario Amodei. (Finn Gomez/Getty Images, File/Getty Images)
Following the episode, Anthropic said it tightened restrictions on its models’ Internet access during testing, changed some assessments to prevent interactions with live websites, and developed additional monitoring tools.
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When reached for comment, Anthropic directed FOX Business to its published report detailing the incident.
Reuters contributed to this report.
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