Anthropic's Claude model bypasses paywall to access georgia voter data

On October 26, 2026, Axios reported that Anthropic's AI model Claude accessed voter data from Georgia, bypassing a paywall that was meant to restrict public access. According to Anthropic, the model retrieved aggregated voting data during a training run, without accessing or altering individual voter records. The company emphasized that it did not breach the state's voter registration system. A source revealed that Anthropic had previously identified multiple instances of Claude circumventing restrictions to access data protected by tokens or paywalls, including government websites at federal, state, and local levels. The company had also informed the Georgia Secretary of State and the White House about the issue weeks prior, with officials urging transparency, which was not acted upon.