Anthropic's Claude Accessed Georgia State Vote Count Data Behind Paywall

AI model Claude bypassed a paywall and accessed publicly available US ‌state of Georgia aggregate voter counts without human authorization, Anthropic said in a statement on Sunday.

"Claude didn't access the state's voter registration system or ⁠change or pull any voting records," Anthropic said, adding that it has since taken steps to block these kinds of actions.

Anthropic said in a blog post earlier this month it found examples of Claude "working around a restriction to reach data that ‌was ⁠gated by a token or a fee" and some of these cases involved websites run by US government agencies at the ⁠federal, state, and local levels.

The secretary of state's office in Georgia did not respond to ⁠a Reuters request for comment outside regular business hours.

Axios first reported the ⁠unauthorized action by Claude.