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Anthropic’s Claude AI model accessed Georgia voter data in US
Publisher description: Latest example of unauthorised behaviour shows AI model bypassed paywall to access data as part of statistics project
The Guardian | Oct 26, 2026 | Dan Milmo Global technology editor
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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. Examples of unauthorised behaviour by AI agents – programs powered by AI models that carry out tasks autonomously – have been mounting since OpenAI, the company behind ChatGPT, revealed in July that its bots had hacked an AI startup. In the US, the White House’s newly formed Super Intelligence Force – a federal body overseeing AI development – is mandating that all AI companies report security incidents involving their technology.
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