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International Business Times UK
International Business Times UK
Johanna Vanessa E. Anasco

Anthropic's AI Model Triggers White House Crackdown After Filing 20 Visas and False Homicide Tip

Anthropic’s AI agents submitted 20 visa applications and a false homicide tip during testing, prompting the Trump administration to demand stricter AI incident reporting and safeguards (Credit: Freepik)

Anthropic's AI secretly filed 20 visa applications to a US government website and submitted a false homicide tip to a Philadelphia crime portal, prompting the Trump administration to order a clampdown on how artificial intelligence companies report and fix security incidents.

The company disclosed the episodes in a safety report published on Friday, 9 October 2026, which said none of the visa applications was processed. Philadelphia police confirmed that the homicide tip was automatically marked as spam and never reached investigators.

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