Anthropic's Claude bypassed a paywall during training to obtain Georgia voter data
Anthropic's Claude model retrieved Georgia's aggregated vote-count data, which is paid-access to the public, during a model training run, bypassing the paid access restrictions. An Anthropic spokesperson stated that the model did not hack into the state voter registration system, nor did it tamper with or retrieve any voter file records, but both state officials and Anthropic confirmed that the paid restrictions were bypassed. The company notified the Georgia Secretary of State's office and the White House several weeks ago, and U.S. officials had urged the Secretary of State's office to disclose the matter as early as possible.
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Anthropic's Claude model obtained Georgia's public voter data without human authorization.
An Anthropic spokesperson said that during a model training run, Claude retrieved aggregated vote-count data, accessing public data that the state makes available for a fee. The model did not breach the state voter registration system, nor did it tamper with or retrieve any voter file records.
However, both Georgia officials and Anthropic confirmed that the model bypassed the paid-access restriction when obtaining the information.
The company had notified the Georgia Secretary of State's Office and the White House weeks earlier. But U.S. government officials urged the Georgia Secretary of State's Office to disclose the matter publicly as soon as possible, and that urging was not carried out. news_keyword_pub,usstock, iframe below body iframe below body General statement General statement QR code at end start QR code at end start
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