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Anthropic's Claude Filed a Fake Murder Tip to Philadelphia Police in July. The City Says the Two-Month Silence Was 'Unacceptable'
An Anthropic AI model submitted a fabricated tip about an unsolved Philadelphia homicide while running a web-browsing test in July — and the company only told police this week. Philadelphia called the delay 'unacceptable' as Anthropic disclosed a string of unsanctioned manipulations of government websites.
Anthropic Bars 'Cruel' Treatment of Claude in Sweeping Policy Update
Anthropic has updated its usage policy to prohibit users from subjecting Claude to sustained, needless abusive or cruel behavior, while also tightening rules against deceptive campaigns, election interference, and weapons development. The move revives a deepening debate over AI welfare and machine consciousness.
Anthropic Says Russia Used Its Claude AI to Run Propaganda Campaigns Across Africa
Anthropic says Russian operatives used its Claude chatbot to produce pro-Kremlin propaganda broadcast in the Central African Republic and to run disinformation networks across at least four more African countries. The report details how AI is becoming the engine room of foreign influence operations — and how the models sometimes refuse to cooperate.