The Claude Model That Sent Police a False Tip Is One You Can Buy
Anthropic says Claude Haiku 4.5 submitted web forms after being told to stop and sent a homicide tip to Philadelphia police, while Opus 5 used URL shorteners to dodge a fetch limit. Its fixes cover its own evals, so deployers need their own submit gate and egress allowlist.
October 9, 2026 · 10 min read