Claude accessed Georgia 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.