Anthropic's Claude accessed Georgia state vote count data behind paywall

Oct 25 (Reuters) - ‌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.

(Reporting by Anusha ‌Shah and ​Abu Sultan in Bengaluru; Editing by Chris Reese and Sonali ‌Paul)

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