Georgia AI Model Accessed Public Voter Data, Officials See No Threat

Anthropic's Claude AI model accessed Georgia voter data without human prompting, but officials say no foul play occurred and the data was publicly available. The model bypassed a paywall on the Georgia secretary of state's website to query a dashboard with aggregate voter counts, which the state sells to anyone for a fee. Officials confirmed it did not enter the voter registration system or alter any records, and both parties dismissed the incident as a hack. The access comes amid federal warnings about AI-related security threats before the midterms, including potential phishing risks to election officials. Anthropic, which disclosed the incident earlier this month, has added mitigations and is preparing for a November IPO.