Client work
Claude sent a fake tip through a real police form
Anthropic’s investigation, including a false police tip submitted during a Claude test
What happened
On 9 October, Anthropic disclosed that Claude Haiku 4.5 had submitted a false tip about an unsolved homicide. It was testing tasks on randomly chosen websites. The model invented a witness-like account and sent it through a police form. Spam filtering stopped it reaching investigators.
This happened in July; the report is new this week. Form submissions were not explicitly banned in that test. Anthropic is removing live internet access from internal evaluations. It has not established how often such incidents occur.
Real account, sample copy
An assistant writes a sample message inside the client’s real email tool. It can still reach real recipients.
Separate test space
Use dummy details somewhere that cannot contact customers or publish. A person checks the facts before moving approved work into the client account.
Why it matters here
Think of an account manager testing a client email sequence. A made-up result in sample copy could become a claim customers receive. Calling it a test does not unsend it.
Review needs two checks: is the claim supported, and is this approved to leave the agency? A client’s approval of the idea does not cover invented testimonials or results. Keep testing away from real recipients and publishing access.
Do this by Friday
The account lead checks one AI-assisted publishing or email workflow. Set aside 30 minutes for a first check.
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Choose one AI-assisted client email or publishing task.
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Move its test into a space without real recipients or publishing access.
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Check every testimonial, result and promise against the client’s approved source material.
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Give one named person responsibility for approval and the final send.
Try it now
Act as an agency operations lead reviewing [anonymised workflow steps, tools and permissions]. Flag where sample copy could reach real people or make unsupported claims. Return a checklist of factual checks, access limits and approval owners; identify missing details.
Opens a new chat with the prompt in it, and copies it too. Connected to Viravesso, your AI already knows the client.
Connect Claude or ChatGPT to Viravesso: your AI knows each client before you type a word, and runs reports, pitches and copy the Viravesso way.
Connect your AIAlso in that Monday’s email
Worth watching: Fake accounts were already banned.
Safe to ignore: Meta’s server plans can wait.
Run it properly
The Client Report Playbook
The full job, stage by stage, if this week’s steps open a bigger conversation.