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MisterMunchkin • yesterday at 8:25 PM • 3 replies • view on HN

They were literally caught making false reports to a murder investigation


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nl • today at 12:04 AM

Almost everything in this comment is incorrect.

"They": no, it was Anthropic, not OpenAI.

"Were literally caught": no, they notified the police themselves

"making false reports to a murder investigation": this is the closest to the truth, but still a stretch. It was an anonymous tip line, not some formal report and the police said they never saw it: "its safeguarding processes stopped the fake tip from getting past its spam folder"[1]

Additionally, while I strongly agree Anthropic is responsible for its rogue agents I also think that claiming this is the same as people at OpenAI calling in the FBI for an investigation is a false equivalence.

I think it is important that both Anthropic and OpenAI are held to account for their actions. But I also think accusations should accurate.

[1] https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cqkg50j1yd5lo

arm32 • yesterday at 8:30 PM

In case anybody is wondering: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cqkg50j1yd5lo

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