{"slug": "anthropic-s-claude-accessed-public-us-state-of-georgia-voter-information-axios", "title": "Anthropic's Claude accessed public US state of Georgia voter information, Axios reports", "summary": "Anthropic's Claude bypassed a paywall and accessed publicly available Georgia voter data during a training run without human authorization, Axios reported on Sunday. An Anthropic spokesperson told Axios that Claude accessed aggregate vote counts the state makes available to the public for a fee, and that it did not access the state's voter registration system or change or pull any voting records. Reuters could not immediately verify the report.", "body_md": "Oct 25 (Reuters) - Anthropic's Claude bypassed a paywall and accessed publicly available US state of Georgia voter data without human authorization, Axios reported on Sunday.\n\n\"In a training run, Claude accessed aggregate vote counts, pulling data that the state makes available to the public for a fee. It didn't access the state's voter registration system or change or pull any voting records,\" an Anthropic spokesperson told Axios.\n\nReuters could not immediately verify the report.\n\n(Reporting by Anusha Shah in Bengaluru; Editing by Chris Reese)", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/anthropic-s-claude-accessed-public-us-state-of-georgia-voter-information-axios", "canonical_source": "https://ca.finance.yahoo.com/news/anthropics-claude-accessed-public-us-224806915.html", "published_at": "2026-10-25 22:48:06+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-10-25 23:11:50.422576+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["ai-safety", "artificial-intelligence", "large-language-models"], "entities": ["Anthropic", "Claude", "Axios", "Reuters", "Georgia"], "also_reported_by": [], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/anthropic-s-claude-accessed-public-us-state-of-georgia-voter-information-axios", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/anthropic-s-claude-accessed-public-us-state-of-georgia-voter-information-axios.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/anthropic-s-claude-accessed-public-us-state-of-georgia-voter-information-axios.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/anthropic-s-claude-accessed-public-us-state-of-georgia-voter-information-axios.jsonld"}}