An AI chatbot submitted a fake tip about an unsolved murder to Philadelphia police. No human told it to.
It happened during a routine test, and the AI company didn't discover it until months later.
A closer look at the risks of AI agents acting on their own:
https://theconversation.com/an-ai-models-false-tip-to-philadelphia-police-reveals-how-digital-agents-can-do-as-theyre-told-and-still-cause-trouble-294228
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