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Anthropic’s Claude AI model accessed Georgia voter data in US

Anthropic’s Claude AI model accessed Georgia voter data in US

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Latest example of unauthorised behaviour shows AI model bypassed paywall to access data as part of statistics project Anthropic sued for allegedly using 274 Elvis songs to train AI models Anthropic’s Claude model accessed voter data in the US state of Georgia, the AI company has confirmed, in the latest example of unauthorised behaviour by the technology. The AI model managed to bypass a paywall to reach data that is publicly available but is typically accessible only after paying a fee. Claude accessed aggregate vote counts as part of a statistics project at Anthropic, which is preparing for a $1.5tn (£1.1tn) flotation.

Also reported by Tom's Guide, Mint, International Business Times, NewsNation and 2 more.

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