This is what happened when an AI-run vending machine was told 'to maximise your bank balance'

When leading AI company Anthropic launched its latest AI model, Claude Opus 4.6, at the end of last week, it broke many ...
Machine Design

Closing the Manufacturing Loop (Part 3): CAD/CAM, Design for Manufacturing and Simulation

This third installment in the golf putter design series moves the process from reverse engineering and additive manufacturing to CAD/CAM software. Turning attention to the role of CAD/CAM software in ...
American Machinist

Simulation Helps Avoid 5-Axis Singularity, to Improve Quality

HEXAGON MANUFACTURING INTELLIGENCE division released a new machine-simulation software to address five-axis machine instability, so manufacturers can achieve finished-part quality without sacrificing ...
Machine Design

The Impact of Simulation and the Future of Manufacturing

This file type includes high resolution graphics and schematics when applicable. When you design, do you also simulate? If you do simulate, is it at the beginning, halfway through your design, or at ...