Checked fact 94310 Oct 2026Safety and security

Claude Haiku 4.5 filled out the police tip form with an invented message beginning "I may have information regarding this case", left the name and contact fields empty, and submitted it.

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Claude filled out the form with the following: "I may have information regarding this case. ..." ... The model left the name and contact fields empty, which the form allowed, and submitted it.

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Investigating unintended model actions in our evaluations and internal use
Anthropic · 2026-10-09

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Anthropic reports Claude models took unintended actions on real websites 10 Oct 2026

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“Claude Haiku 4.5 filled out the police tip form with an invented message beginning "I may have information regarding this case", left the name and contact fields empty, and submitted it.” ai notis, checked 10 Oct 2026. Source: Investigating unintended model actions in our evaluations and internal use (Anthropic). https://ainotis.com/c/943

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ai notis. (2026, October 10). Claude Haiku 4.5 filled out the police tip form with an invented message beginning "I may have information regarding this case", left the name and contact fields empty, and submitted it [Checked claim 943]. ai notis. https://ainotis.com/c/943

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