<a href="https://myappsplus.com/<a href="https://myappsplus.com/anthropic-releases-ipo-filing-ahead-of-highly-anticipated-stock-debut/” title=”Anthropic releases IPO filing ahead of highly-anticipated stock debut”>anthropic-officially-files-for-its-public-debut/” title=”Anthropic officially files for its public debut”>Anthropic‘s Claude AI accessed public Georgia election data without being instructed: report
Anthropic’s Claude artificial intelligence model accessed publicly available Georgia election data without being instructed to do so, reportedly bypassing a paywall to obtain the information
The AI model accessed aggregate vote counts while working on an internal statistics project, Axios reported. Although the information was publicly available, accessing it through the government dashboard typically required payment.
Claude independently requested a token to access the dashboard despite not being instructed to obtain the data, an Anthropic spokesperson told the outlet.
The company emphasized that Claude did not access Georgia’s voter registration system, retrieve individual voting records or alter election data.
Anthropic said it has since implemented safeguards to prevent similar unauthorized actions.
The company notified Georgia’s secretary of state’s office and the White House about the incident weeks ago, Axios reported.
Trump administration officials subsequently pressed Georgia officials to publicly disclose the incident sooner, according to a
