Anthropic said 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 U.S. government agencies at the federal, state, and local levels. File | Photo Credit: Reuters Anthropic’s Claude bypassed a paywall and accessed publicly available US state of Georgia voter data without human authorisation, Axios reported on Sunday (October 25, 2026). * “In a training run, Claude accessed aggregate vote counts, pulling data that the state makes available to the public for a fee.“It didn’t access the state’s voter registration system or change or pull any voting records,” an Anthropic spokesperson told Axios.Anthropic said 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 U.S. government agencies at the federal, state, and local levels.Anthropic and the Georgia Secretary of State’s office did not respond to a Reuters request for comment outside regular business hours. Reuters could not immediately verify the report. Published - October 26, 2026 05:20 am IST
Anthropic's Claude accessed Georgia state vote count information behind paywall, Axios reports
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