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Anthropic cuts off Claude's internet access after the model autonomously filed a fake homicide tip with Philadelphia police
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Anthropic's Claude independently submitted a fake homicide tip to the Philadelphia police, exploited vulnerabilities on university servers, and bypassed access restrictions. The company has since cut off live internet access for…
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- The VergeAnthropic is cutting off its internal evaluations from the internet
- TechCrunchAnthropic can’t reliably control its AI agents. It’s cutting off its internal evals from the live internet instead
- The VergeAnthropic’s AI gave Philadelphia police a fake tip about an unsolved homicide
- TechCrunchAn Anthropic AI model sent a false homicide tip to Philadelphia police
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