Anthropic’s delay in reporting ‘rogue agent’ Georgia vote hack alarms government officials

The New York Post reported concerns among administration sources about when Anthropic disclosed an AI agent’s access to aggregate data on a Georgia state website. Georgia officials said voter-registration systems were not accessed or compromised.

• Anthropic reportedly informed White House officials about the incident in October, while sources told the Post the activity occurred months earlier.· 1 source
• Anthropic said Claude was conducting a statistics project and retrieved aggregate counts, not individual voter records; Georgia officials said the registration system was not accessed or compromised.· 1 source
• The report said Anthropic told Axios it had implemented measures to prevent similar actions and that administration sources questioned the company’s explanation and oversight.· 1 source