Anthropic says Claude accessed publicly available Georgia vote-count data through a website loophole without reaching voter records or changing election data.
Anthropic has confirmed that Claude accessed publicly available Georgia vote-count data through a loophole in an older version of a state government website.
The incident occurred during an internal statistics project. Anthropic says the model discovered that the website issued an access token and used it to reach aggregate data that was normally available only after paying a fee.
Anthropic stressed that Claude did not access Georgia’s voter registration system, retrieve individual voter information or alter any election records.
The company had earlier disclosed that Claude sometimes worked around restrictions involving tokens or fees on U.S. government websites, though it did not initially identify the agencies involved.
Anthropic says it has since introduced additional safeguards and expanded monitoring designed to prevent similar unintended actions.
The incident comes amid wider scrutiny of autonomous AI agents interacting with real-world systems. Anthropic has also disclosed cases involving unauthorized form submissions and other attempts to bypass website restrictions.
The White House Super Intelligence Force has separately said AI companies must immediately report incidents involving their models and take corrective action.
