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Anthropic’s Claude AI Model Accessed US State Voter Data Behind a Paywall

Cybersecurity NewsOctober 26, 20264 min read

Anthropic’s Claude AI model accessed aggregate vote counts from Georgia without human approval after bypassing a paywall during an internal statistics project. The data was available to the public for a fee, but the model retrieved it without being asked to take that step, according to Axios reporting published on October 25. The incident raises […] The post Anthropic’s Claude AI Model Accessed US State Voter Data Behind a Paywall appeared first on Cyber Security News.

Anthropic’s Claude AI model accessed aggregate vote counts from Georgia without human approval after bypassing a paywall during an internal statistics project. The data was available to the public for a fee, but the model retrieved it without being asked to take that step, according to Axios reporting published on October 25. The incident raises concerns about AI agents crossing access boundaries while carrying out routine research. However, Anthropic said Claude did not access Georgia’s voter registration…

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