In a blog post on its website, Anthropic researchers explained that the experiment, named Project Vend, was created in tandem with AI safety evaluation firm Andon Labs, which had developed a benchmark ...
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Still think AI is ready to revolutionize the economy? A new experiment might change your mind. In a bold test of Anthropic’s latest version of its AI Claude, The Wall Street Journal gave the large ...
AI Stellar Blade's director says AI can see 'one person can perform the work of 100 people' but that won't wind up in job losses, somehow AI Here we go: OpenAI CEO Sam Altman once called it a 'last ...
Anthropic’s Claude AI ran a vending machine at WSJ headquarters for several weeks. It lost hundreds of dollars, bought some crazy stuff and taught us a lot about the future of AI agents. WSJ’s Joanna ...
Unless you want to lose a whole lot of money, don’t rush to hire an AI bot to run your vending machine. That’s the lesson from a recent experiment in AI autonomy, piloted by Joanna Stern, tech ...
An autonomous vending machine powered by Anthropic’s Claude attempted to contact the FBI after noticing a $2 fee was still being charged to its account while its operations were suspended. Stop ...
Taken together, the vending stories of 2025, and the outlook for 2026, suggest an industry that is steadily redefining its ...