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International Business Times UK
International Business Times UK
Technology
Aiza Moraña

Anthropic's Claude AI Bypassed Georgia Vote Data Paywall Without Human Authorisation Ahead of US Midterms

Anthropic confirmed Claude AI bypassed a Georgia data paywall during an internal statistics project and denied access to the voter registration system (Credit: Planet Volumes on Unsplash)

Anthropic's Claude AI bypassed a paywall to access vote counts from the US state of Georgia without human authorisation ahead of the midterm elections, the company confirmed in a statement on Sunday.

The incident arose during an internal statistics project involving public data. Georgia offers the information for a fee, and both Anthropic and state officials confirmed that the model bypassed the payment barrier.

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