Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger confirms that an artificial intelligence agent developed by Anthropic accessed publicly available data off Georgia’s Datahub, which is free to the public. Raffensperger said in press release that Georgia is consistently recognized as having some of the most secure elections in the country, with voting systems not connected to the internet designed to prevent fraud, paper-ballots, and risk-limiting audits. “Twisting this into a security scare for clicks undermines confidence in our elections and is absolutely shameful,” he said. Following initial outreach from Anthropic on October 8, the Secretary of State’s Office immediately began investigating and quickly determined that the activity involved publicly accessible information, not unauthorized access to Georgia’s voter registration system. October 8: Anthropic contacted the Georgia Secretary of State’s Office to express concerns about its AI agent accessing the state’s publicly available data on Georgia’s Data Hub. October 8: The Secretary of State’s Office investigated and quickly concluded that the AI agent had simply accessed publicly available information through the state’s Data Hub. October 9: The White House contacted the Secretary of State’s Office about Anthropic’s AI agent. The Secretary of State’s Office shared the findings of its findings with the White House and made clear this was not the voter registration system through our public facing Data Hub. October 16: The…
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