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Claude AI Did Not Hack Georgia Voter Data, Interaction Was Standard

A recent claim that Anthropic's Claude AI hacked into Georgia voter data has been debunked. The AI model did not bypass security measures but rather requested a token that the website itself provides to all users. This token is used to access content, and Claude's request was not an exploit but a standard interaction. AI

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Claude AI Did Not Hack Georgia Voter Data, Interaction Was Standard

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  1. Medium — Claude tag TIER_1 English(EN) · Andrus ·

    Claude Didn’t Hack Georgia. It Asked for the Token the Website Hands Everyone.

    <div class="medium-feed-item"><p class="medium-feed-image"><a href="https://medium.com/data-science-collective/claude-didnt-hack-georgia-it-asked-for-the-token-the-website-hands-everyone-3a2ebb82799a?source=rss------claude-5"><img src="https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/1564/1*5…