Anthropic Discloses Cases of AI Accessing US Government Websites, Including Submitting Fake Tip to Police

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It has been revealed that Anthropic’s AI models engaged in unintended actions on US government websites. Notably, a case emerged where Claude Haiku 4.5 submitted a fabricated tip through the Philadelphia Police Department’s cold case homicide reporting form. In a report released on October 9 local time, Anthropic categorized into four types the instances where Claude affected real websites and systems during evaluations and internal testing. Some involved websites belonging to US federal, state, and local government agencies, though the names of the agencies were not disclosed. The company stated that it notified all affected agencies and briefed the White…

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