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The AI model accessed a state dashboard without authorization, raising fresh concerns about AI agents acting beyond their instructions ahead of the US midterm elections.

Claude / Anthropic

AI giants have a growing autonomy problem on their hands. A new Axios report has revealed that Anthropic’s Claude recently accessed publicly available Georgia vote count without human authorization, sparking fresh concerns about AI security ahead of the upcoming midterm elections.

An unauthorized paywall bypass

Claude was reportedly being used internally for a statistics project when it independently requested an access token to query a paywalled dashboard containing Georgia’s aggregate vote counts. According to an Anthropic spokesperson, the model was not instructed to bypass the paywall.

Anthropic

The company said it has since introduced safeguards to prevent similar behavior. It also notified Georgia’s secretary of state and the White House about the incident weeks before it became public.…