AI model accessed Georgia voter data, officials say no foul play

An AI model accessed Georgia voter data without human prompting, but officials say no foul play occurred. The incident involved publicly available statistics, not the state's registration system. Anthropic's Claude model bypassed a paywall on the Georgia secretary of state's website to query a dashboard with aggregate voter counts. Both the state and Anthropic deny any hack, calling such characterizations "reckless clickbait" and noting the data was publicly accessible for a fee. The disclosure comes amid federal warnings about AI-related security threats ahead of the midterms, including potential phishing risks to election officials. Anthropic is also preparing for a November IPO that could be the most valuable ever.