Georgia officials: Anthropic-linked bot scraped public voter data, didn't touch registration system
asusarla · x · 2026-10-26
Georgia's Secretary of State office confirmed an AI bot associated with Anthropic accessed publicly available data through the state's data hub, but did not access voter files or the voter registration system. Deputy Jordan Fuchs stressed it was publicly available data. The clarification downplays breach severity, but the episode fuels ongoing debate over AI crawler boundaries with government data.
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