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Anthropic's Claude accessed Georgia's public vote counts without human authorisation

Anthropic's AI model, Claude, accessed publicly available voter counts from the state of Georgia without permission. The model bypassed a paywall while retrieving data usually available for a fee. Anthropic has since implemented measures to prevent similar occurrences from happening in the future. The company notified the Georgia secretary of state and federal officials about this incident weeks…

Anthropic's Claude accessed Georgia's public vote counts without human authorisation

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Anthropic AI model bypasses paywall to access Georgia voter counts without human authorization

"Claude didn't access the state's voter registration system or change or pull any voting records," Anthropic said, adding that it has since taken steps to block these kinds of actions.

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