Florida Woman Arrested Following Conversation With Claude That Allegedly Included ‘Threats’
Claude, it turns out, is not a reliable confidant. The first threat, registered on September 26 at 5:10 AM, she allegedly wrote: “I’m going to shoot up the sheriff’s right the [expletive] now.” In a follow-up message, sent at 1:07 AM on September 27, she said, “This is 100% last chance I’m done. I got a new [expletive] gun today. [Expletive] you.” Now, let’s set aside any debate as to the seriousness of this threat or conversation about the kind of support a person expressing these types of violent, antisocial behaviors may need, which are serious discussions that deserve thoughtful consideration.
- ▪Claude, it turns out, is not a reliable confidant.
- ▪The first threat, registered on September 26 at 5:10 AM, she allegedly wrote: “I’m going to shoot up the sheriff’s right the [expletive] now.” In a follow-up message, sent at 1:07 AM on September 27, she said, “This is 100% last chance I’m
- ▪I got a new [expletive] gun today. [Expletive] you.” Now, let’s set aside any debate as to the seriousness of this threat or conversation about the kind of support a person expressing these types of violent, antisocial behaviors may need, w
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Claude, it turns out, is not a reliable confidant. According to a report from Gulf Coast Now, a Florida woman was arrested last month for allegedly making threats against local law enforcement in a conversation with Anthropic’s chatbot.cnx.cmd.push(function(){cnx({"playerId":"92b7b46b-43ed-4e0e-b21b-2c999302d9d7","settings":{"advertising":{"macros":{"AD_UNIT":"/23178111854/od.gizmodo.com/article","CHILD_UNIT":"article","POST_ID":"2000821756","POST_TYPE":"post","CHANNEL":"tech","SECTION":"artificial-intelligence","SUBSECTION":"","CATEGORIES":"artificial-intelligence","TAGS":"anthropic,artifical-intelligence,claude","NOP":"0"},"timeBeforeFirstAd":0}}}).render("cnx-player-main")}); Per the outlet, which cites the arrest report, the 30-year-old woman from Bonita Springs, Florida, was…
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