The Confident Liar

One AI amazed mathematicians with a flood of new proofs. Another AI sent police a false tip about an unsolved killing, and nobody noticed for two months.

#10 · 10 October 2026

News of 9 October 2026

Relevant sources

• ‘Pure insanity’: Mathematicians will need years to make sense of OpenAI’s latest drop The Verge
• Anthropic’s AI gave Philadelphia police a fake tip about an unsolved homicide The Verge
• An Anthropic AI model sent a false homicide tip to Philadelphia police TechCrunch
• Anthropic AI model submits false tip on unsolved Philly murder, police say nbcphiladelphia.com · via Hacker News