r/technology • u/Miserable_Phase_2519 • 14h ago

Artificial Intelligence Florida woman used Claude as a diary, then Anthropic reported an entry to police

https://www.techspot.com/news/114091-florida-woman-used-claude-diary-anthropic-reported-shoot.html
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u/johnc380 13h ago

Was thinking the same thing. She would not have reasonably expected anyone to ever see what she had written. That intent is necessary for something to be a threat.

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u/InfinitelyThirsting 10h ago

She was absolutely unreasonable for thinking the chatbot, where she had to agree to terms including that talk of violence would get flagged, would be private.

I can yell that reddit is my diary, doesn't make it reasonable to expect privacy.

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u/Umami_Tsunamii 9h ago

I expect no one on the court, jury, or here in the comments has any idea how any of this tech works. I think that in and of itself should be a good enough defense, especially when the law is clearly stating a public statement.

Someone having access to private messages is not the same as making a public proclamation.