California-Anthropic partnership raises data security questions

California announced a partnership with Anthropic giving state, city and county agencies 50% off the Claude chatbot plus free training and support; several state and local agencies have begun using it, but officials have been reluctant to speak on record, raising questions about data security and taxpayer cost.

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