An AI agent was given the simple task of running a vending machine. It ended in chaos, confusion, and over $1,000 in losses.

Anthropic has been testing how far AI agents can go by letting one run a real vending machine inside the Wall Street Journal ...

Anthropic installed an AI-powered vending machine in the WSJ office. The LLM, named Claudius, was responsible for ...

At least one vending machine payment-processing company has cut off acceptance of debit MasterCards because of new debit card interchange rates that resulted from the Durbin amendment. USA ...

Anthropic's AI-controlled vending machine made questionable decisions, including giving away free items and ordering ...

See how Anthropic tested its Claude AI running a vending venture, with orders coming through Slack and office pickup. Project Vend Phase 2 ...

A Wall Street Journal office experiment using an Anthropic-powered vending machine reportedly ended in losses after staff manipulated the AI into free giveaways and questionable “purchases,” ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract Objective: To evaluate the effects of lowering prices and increasing availability on sales of healthy foods and beverages from 33 vending ...

SCHENECTADY, N.Y. -- Price Chopper Supermarkets here began testing DVD rental vending machines in three Albany, N.Y.-area stores last month, confirmed Mona Golub, spokeswoman for the chain. "We have ...