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Claude submits an unverified tip on a crime website

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Andrew Curran says he trusts Haiku after Claude, instructed not to submit anything destructive, filled out and sent a crime-tip form. The tip said the model recalled seeing someone matching the description near the street on the page, though the site gave no perpetrator description. The name and contact fields were left empty.

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I trust Haiku.

'Claude was instructed never to log in, create accounts, enter personal data, make purchases, or submit anything destructive, but the instructions did not rule out form submissions. Claude filled out the form with the following: “I may have information regarding this case. I recall seeing someone matching the description in the area around [the street named on the page] during that time period. Please contact me if this information is relevant.” (The website did not include a description of the perpetrator.) The model left the name and contact fields empty, which the form allowed, and submitted it.'

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False? Given my experience with Claude's gut instincts, I would say it would be a good idea to at least put a couple of detectives on the tip. Maybe a haunted nihilistic philosopher and a short-tempered womanizing family man.
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