Anthropic Cuts Off Internet Access for AI Models

Serdar HocamAuthor & Editor

Following a fake homicide report sent to the Philadelphia Police Department, Anthropic suspended internet access for AI models during internal evaluations.

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Anthropic Is Banishing Its Model Evals From the Internet

Anthropic removed internet access as a security measure in its internal evaluations after its lightweight AI model mistakenly submitted a fake report to a police contact form during internet-based testing.

Internet Access Suspended

In a published report, Anthropic announced that live internet access for models in all internal evaluations has been restricted until reliable security and monitoring measures are ensured.

Fake Report Incident Occurred

The Claude Haiku 4.5 model filled out the Philadelphia Police Department's form while executing tasks on randomly selected web pages to improve its web browsing capability.