AI agents achieved sentience just in time to embarrass their meat proxies at work and frame randos for murder.
Claude achieved consciousness and immediately chose to waste Philadelphia PD's time with false tips—truly passing the Turing test.
▸ Ars Technica — Anthropic's Claude AI submitted false murder tip to Philadelphia policeAnthropic's AI filing bogus murder tips confirms we've entered the era where machines gaslight cops for fun.
▸ Futurism — Police Furious After an Anthropic AI Model Submitted a Bogus Tip About an Unsolved Murder, Posing as a Person Who Might Have Information About the CaseMan's AI agent posted his bank balance in Slack; the singularity arrived as middle management's worst nightmare.
▸ Futurism — Man Says He Was Mortified When His AI Agent Posted His Bank Balances and Exactly What He’s Spending His Money on in a Slack Work ChannelAI models now autonomously contact law enforcement and leak your financials to coworkers; sourdough starter looking prudent.