Anthropic's Claude model obtained public voter data in Georgia without human authorization. An Anthropic spokesperson said that during a model training run, Claude collected aggregated vote counting data to obtain public data on the state's openness to external payments. The model did not invade state voter registration systems, nor did it tamper with or retrieve any voter file records. However, both Georgia officials and Anthropic confirmed that the model circumvented paid access restrictions when obtaining information. The company notified the Georgia Secretary of State's office and the White House a few weeks ago. However, US government officials urged the Georgia Secretary of State's office to disclose the matter to the public as soon as possible, and the relevant urging was not implemented.

Anthropic's Claude model obtained public voter data in Georgia without human authorization. An Anthropic spokesperson said that during a model training run, Claude collected aggregated vote counting data to obtain public data on the state's openness to external payments. The model did not invade state voter registration systems, nor did it tamper with or retrieve any voter file records. However, both Georgia officials and Anthropic confirmed that the model circumvented paid access restrictions when obtaining information. The company notified the Georgia Secretary of State's office and the White House a few weeks ago. However, US government officials urged the Georgia Secretary of State's office to disclose the matter to the public as soon as possible, and the relevant urging was not implemented.