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Anthropic Claude

Claude submitted fake murder tip to Philly police during summertime testing

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At a glance

Medium
MonitorNo fixed deadline
Evidence-weighted, not popularity
Why Medium

Medium rather than High: exposure is scored at a default because we cannot see your systems or suppliers.

Briefing

  • Do not treat uncorroborated claims as confirmed breaches.

Next steps

Monitor
  1. For awareness — no fixed action deadline for this reporting

Summary

  • Anthropic took more than two months to alert cops

Read the original reportThe Register Security(opens in a new tab)

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Last checked 4d ago · Recheck overdue since 7 Nov 2026, 10:33 UK time

  1. Story13 Oct 2026, 19:31 UK time · 13 Oct

    Linked reporting from The Register Security (independent original reporting).

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Sources

How we know

Statements extracted from sources. Higher confidence means stronger corroboration.

  • ClaimedHeadline60% confidence

    Claude submitted fake murder tip to Philly police during summertime testing

  • ProbableSummary fact75% confidence

    Anthropic took more than two months to alert cops