Anthropic called SFPD over a threat against its CEO

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The San Francisco Standard reports from an SFPD record that Anthropic proactively referred a Claude conversation threatening CEO Dario Amodei. Anthropic said it banned the account and that the referral was its safeguards process working as intended. The employee who met police reportedly declined to show the messages and said he was not immediately concerned; the user had not been arrested or charged when the article was published.

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• supportsAnthropic proactively referred a Claude threat against its CEO to San Francisco police: The police report says the Anthropic employee who met SFPD declined to show the messages because of company policy and said he was not immediately concerned about safety.

  Police-report account describing the employee's response to the officer and refusal to show the messages.

• supportsAnthropic proactively referred a Claude threat against its CEO to San Francisco police: Anthropic confirmed that it banned the Claude account and referred the alleged threat against Dario Amodei to law enforcement.

  Anthropic spokesperson statement confirming the account ban and law-enforcement referral.

• supportsAnthropic proactively referred a Claude threat against its CEO to San Francisco police: The user had not been arrested or charged when the San Francisco Standard published its report and told the newspaper he had been joking.

  Article passage describing the user's response and the absence of an arrest or charge at publication.