Reuters quoted an Anthropic spokesperson as telling Axios: "In a training run, Claude accessed aggregate vote counts, pulling data that the state makes available to the public for a fee. It didn’t access the state’s voter registration system or change or pull any voting records."

The exact words it rests on

"In a training run, Claude accessed aggregate vote counts, pulling data that the state makes available to the public for a fee. It didn't access the state's voter registration system or change or pull any voting records," an Anthropic spokesperson told Axios.

What the source said when we opened it, on 26 Oct 2026.

The source

Anthropic’s Claude accessed Georgia state vote count information behind paywall, Axios reports (Reuters)
WTVB, carrying Thomson Reuters · 2026-10-25 · second-hand source (a report about the original)

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Checked by the notis newsroom on 26 Oct 2026, against the source above.

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