Anthropic reports Florida woman’s Claude ‘diary’ threat to shoot up sheriff’s office, felony charge follows

What happened

26 statement from a user identified as “Carli” saying she would “shoot up” the Lee County Sheriff’s Office (LCSO), and allegedly a message the next day mentioned a new gun. Anthropic reviewers reported a Florida woman’s Claude threat against the Lee County Sheriff’s Office, leading to a felony charge. Anthropic is an artificial intelligence company based in San Francisco, and its products and services include Claude and Claude Code.

A Lee County, Florida, woman was arrested on a felony charge after a threat linked to an Anthropic Claude AI chatbot conversation, or “diary,” by her account was reported to law enforcement via Anthropic’s human review team, according to WINK News . The conversation was at least the third of its type to reach police since August.

Anthropic monitors chats for key phrases and content that could be deemed threatening, the arrest report says, and depending on severity, they can be elevated for human review. In this case, the team decided to report its findings to law enforcement.