Anthropic's Claude accessed public US state of Georgia voter information, Axios reports

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.

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. "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. Reuters could not immediately verify the report. Reporting by Anusha Shah in Bengaluru; Editing by Chris Reese