Anthropic’s Claude AI model accessed Georgia voter data in US

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Latest example of unauthorised behaviour shows AI model bypassed paywall to access data as part of statistics project

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.

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 $1.5tn (£1.1tn) flotation.

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What are the unanswered questions around the River Tyne nurdle spill? – BBC

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  1. What are the unanswered questions around the River Tyne nurdle spill?  BBC
  2. Calls for answers over River Tyne nurdle spill and for details of review to be made public  Chronicle Live
  3. Where have the River Tyne's 850 million nurdles gone?  Newcastle University
  4. What We Still Need To Know About The Tyne Nurdle Spill  ИФЗ РАН
  5. What do we still need to know about the Tyne nurdle spill?  AOL.com
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‘It’s a mess right now’: RFK’s sweeping changes place new vaccines in limbo

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Health secretary’s effort to alter makeup of ACIP panel means no new recommendations coming – even as new vaccines are approved

US vaccine recommendations are in limbo, access to vaccines is suffering, and some of the uncertainty may continue for years following major blows to vaccination by the Trump administration, experts say.

Robert F Kennedy Jr, the secretary of the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), has made sweeping changes to vaccination policy, cutting childhood immunization recommendations by a third and replacing experts on the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) with his own handpicked allies.

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Japan indicts U.S. Marine in Okinawa killing, reports say – NBC News

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  1. Japan indicts U.S. Marine in Okinawa killing, reports say  NBC News
  2. US Marine indicted for murder and robbery of woman in Japan  BBC
  3. Japanese prosecutors charge US marine suspected of robbing and killing woman  The Guardian
  4. Okinawa prosecutors indict US Marine on charge of robbery causing death  Stars and Stripes
  5. Japan air base imposes junior enlisted alcohol ban, curfew after local murder  Military Times
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Smoke and Fires in Voronezh: Drone Hits 25-Story Business Center as 7 Fuel Tankers Burn in Russia – Kyiv Post

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  1. Smoke and Fires in Voronezh: Drone Hits 25-Story Business Center as 7 Fuel Tankers Burn in Russia  Kyiv Post
  2. Four killed in two drone attacks in Russia's Belgorod region  Reuters
  3. Ukrainian Drone Barrage Kills At Least 3 in Voronezh  The Moscow Times
  4. Ukraine-Russia war latest: Drone strikes kill three in Belgorod and injure five at Russian industrial plant  The Independent
  5. Ukrainian strike reportedly damages chemical plant in Russia's Voronezh  The Kyiv Independent
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Iran live updates: Houthis claim new attack on Riyadh airport, Saudis report interception – ABC News – Breaking News, Latest News and Videos

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  1. Iran live updates: Houthis claim new attack on Riyadh airport, Saudis report interception  ABC News - Breaking News, Latest News and Videos
  2. Yemen's Houthis say they hit Saudi Ras Tanura oil refinery with missile  Reuters
  3. Saudi Arabia says air defenses intercept Houthi missiles over capital, and other Mideast news  AP News
  4. Saudi-led coalition says it downed Houthi missiles, drones aimed at kingdom  Al Jazeera
  5. Yemen's Houthis claim attacks on Saudi oil refinery and defense ministry  Le Monde.fr
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Russian President Vladimir Putin’s Desperate Hunt for Ukraine War Recruits Hits Sickening New Low – The Daily Beast

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  1. Russian President Vladimir Putin’s Desperate Hunt for Ukraine War Recruits Hits Sickening New Low  The Daily Beast
  2. ‘He can barely walk’: Russians tell how vulnerable men are being targeted and coerced into signing up  CNN
  3. Russian Recruiters Targeting Vulnerable Men to Avoid Mass-Mobilization  Yahoo
  4. Russia Forcing Vulnerable Men Into Military Contracts, CNN Reports  Seoul Economic Daily
  5. Investigative Committee is conducting an investigation into the “employees of the contract military service recruitment point” who abducted men in Penza to send them to the front  Astra Press
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NHS consultants to go on two-day strike in England in November, says BMA

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Industrial action by senior doctors to begin on 25 November, with only emergency cover provided, union says

Senior doctors in England plan to go on strike for two days in November, the British Medical Association has said.

The industrial action by consultants is to begin at 6.59am on 25 November, with only emergency cover to be provided.

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Sudan paramilitary drone strikes cause mass power cuts in eastern states

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Rapid Support Forces strike five power stations in three states controlled by Sudanese army

Sudan’s paramilitary Rapid Support Forces have launched a coordinated drone attack against five power stations, causing mass power outages across the country’s east, a government official said.

The drones hit two power stations each in the states of Al-Jazira and Gedaref and one in White Nile state, “resulting in power outages across large parts of these three states”, the official said on condition of anonymity.

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‘Zero-energy companionship’: bizarre hobby takes seed among China’s stressed young adults

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Faced with a stagnant jobs market, many are spurning children or pets in favour of ‘raising bricks’

Young adults in China looking for a cheaper, low-maintenance alternative to having children or pets have found an answer: raising bricks.

Bricks may not be as cuddly as cats or as life-affirming as human offspring, but they also cost next to nothing. “No cats, no dating, I started raising a brick,” wrote one brick parent on social media.

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