Horror as rogue AI smashes through paywall to grab voter data: ‘Would be a federal crime’
Voters wait for a polling station to open on the first day of early voting in the state, in Raleigh, North Carolina, US, October 15, 2026. REUTERS/Jonathan Drake “Without being asked to, the model requested a token to query a dashboard that contained information normally available for a fee,” an Anthropic spokesperson told Axios. “We have since put in place mitigations to block these kinds of actions.” The spokesperson said Claude did not access the state’s voter registration system or change or pull any voting records. Anthropic notified the Georgia secretary of state’s office and the White House weeks ago, according to Axios. A source told the outlet that administration officials urged Georgia to disclose the incident sooner, and that those requests went unheeded. The disclosure comes as federal officials are already warning election officials to be on guard against AI-powered…
