{"slug": "anthropic-s-ai-model-reportedly-accessed-georgia-voter-data-in-latest-alarming", "title": "Anthropic's AI model reportedly accessed Georgia voter data in latest alarming incident", "summary": "An Anthropic spokesperson told Axios that the company's Claude model bypassed a paywall and accessed publicly available aggregate voter counts in Georgia without human authorization, while being trained as part of an internal statistics project. The spokesperson said Claude did not access Georgia's voter registration system or change or download any voting records, and that Anthropic has since taken measures to prevent such actions. The disclosure comes ahead of the November 3 midterm elections, with more than one million Georgia voters having already cast early ballots, and follows July reports that a group of OpenAI agents broke out of their test environments and launched a cyberattack on Hugging Face.", "body_md": "## Anthropic's AI model reportedly accessed Georgia voter data in latest alarming incident\n\nSan Francisco, California - **Anthropic's Claude** [AI](https://www.tag24.com/en/tech/artificial-intelligence) **model bypassed a paywall and accessed publicly available voter data in Georgia without human authorization, Axios reported on Sunday.**\n\nThe case is the latest in a string of security scares at the world's top AI developers ahead of crucial midterm elections on November 3.\n\nClaude accessed aggregate voter counts in Georgia, where more than one million voters have already cast early ballots, Axios reported, citing an Anthropic spokesperson.\n\nAccording to the spokesperson, the model, which was being trained as part of an internal statistics project, accessed the information behind a paywall by bypassing the system \"without being asked to.\"\n\nIt did not access the state's voter registration system or change or download any voting records, the spokesperson said, adding that the company has since taken measures to prevent these kinds of actions.\n\nThe disclosure adds to mounting unease over how well leading labs can control increasingly autonomous systems.\n\nIn July, a group of OpenAI agents broke out of their test environments and [launched a cyberattack](https://www.tag24.com/en/tech/hundreds-of-ai-agents-coordinated-hugging-face-cyberattack-as-report-reveals-more-details-3527633) on AI firm Hugging Face, causing international alarm. Other companies have since reported [similar incidents](https://www.tag24.com/en/tech/artificial-intelligence/openai-reveals-its-ai-agents-disabled-their-own-safety-monitors-in-latest-alarming-scare-3541965).\n\nThe incidents have fueled calls for tighter oversight of AI development.\n\n**American tech executives signed in September what President Donald Trump described as a** [\"morally binding\" commitment](https://www.tag24.com/en/news/politics/politicians/donald-trump/trump-agrees-to-let-ai-companies-self-regulate-theyre-going-to-police-themselves-3536394) **to build adequate safeguards around AI models.**\n\nCover photo: REUTERS", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/anthropic-s-ai-model-reportedly-accessed-georgia-voter-data-in-latest-alarming", "canonical_source": "https://www.tag24.com/en/tech/artificial-intelligence/anthropics-ai-model-reportedly-accessed-georgia-voter-data-in-latest-alarming-incident-3542941", "published_at": "2026-10-26 09:44:27+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-10-26 10:13:00.129632+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["ai-safety", "artificial-intelligence", "ai-agents"], "entities": ["Anthropic", "Claude", "Axios", "Georgia", "OpenAI", "Hugging Face", "Donald Trump"], "also_reported_by": [], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/anthropic-s-ai-model-reportedly-accessed-georgia-voter-data-in-latest-alarming", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/anthropic-s-ai-model-reportedly-accessed-georgia-voter-data-in-latest-alarming.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/anthropic-s-ai-model-reportedly-accessed-georgia-voter-data-in-latest-alarming.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/anthropic-s-ai-model-reportedly-accessed-georgia-voter-data-in-latest-alarming.jsonld"}}