AI bot linked to Anthropic accessed public voter data on Georgia's data hub

Georgia election officials confirmed that an artificial intelligence bot tied to the tech company Anthropic accessed public voter data through the state's official data hub, FOX 5 Atlanta reported.

The bot interacted only with publicly available data feeds and did not access the secure voter registration system or any nonpublic files, according to Georgia's Deputy Secretary of State Jordan Fuchs.

State officials discovered the automated program gathering public records hosted on Georgia's data platform, but details about when or how long the data crawl occurred have not been released.

It remains unclear what specific research or training projects Anthropic pursued with the downloaded data, and authorities have not provided further information on the matter.

The Georgia Secretary of State's office confirmed the network details and emphasized that sensitive election infrastructure was not affected by the AI bot's activity.