<p>Latest example of unauthorised behaviour shows AI model bypassed paywall to access data as part of statistics project </p><ul><li><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/business/live/2026/oct/26/ai-cloud-computing-companies-guppy-level-death-elon-musk-stock-markets-dollar-oil-bond-yieds-latest-news-updates">Business live – latest updates</a></p></li><li><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/oct/25/elvis-presley-anthropic-lawsuit-ai-models-music">Anthropic sued for allegedly using 274 Elvis songs to train AI models</a></p></li></ul><p></p><p>Anthropic’s Claude model accessed voter data in the US state of Georgia, the AI company has confirmed, in the latest example of unauthorised behaviour by the technology.</p><p>The AI model managed to bypass a paywall to reach data that is publicly available but is typically accessible only after paying a fee. Claude accessed aggregate vote counts as part of a statistics project at Anthropic, which is preparing for a <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/oct/19/ai-firm-anthropic-to-commit-shares-to-fund-for-public-good">$1.5tn (£1.1tn) flotation</a>.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/oct/26/anthropics-claude-ai-model-accessed-georgia-voter-data-in-us">Continue reading...</a>