We let AI run our office vending machine. It lost hundreds of dollars.

Anthropic’s Claude ran a snack operation in the WSJ newsroom. It gave away a free PlayStation, ordered a live fish—and taught us lessons about the future of AI agents.
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This AI Vending Machine Was Tricked Into Giving Away Everything

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

Anthropic’s AI vending machine turns communist and gives everything for free

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

Someone Woke Up On Christmas Morning & Was Gifted This Legendary Dale Earnhardt Vending Machine

The Christmas gift that tops all other Christmas gifts. Hope everyone had a Merry Christmas. I don't know about you, but it seems like we wait all year long for this time of the year – and the big day ...
Natchez Democrat

Not your average vending machine: ACCS finds new way to encourage students to read

Adams County Christian School swaps snacks for stories with a new vending machine that rewards reading points with free books ...