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AIs controlling vending machines start cartel after being told to maximize profits at all costs

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New AI bot passes the ‘vending machine test’ in major tech breakthrough – but does so in a terrifying way

A LEADING AI company has launched its latest model which devised unexpectedly devious ways to pass the notorious “vending ...

White Castle introduces Slider vending machines at 2 US airports

As White Castle enters the airport market, hometown customers still have to hit the drive-through. No vending machines are ...

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 ...
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Claude-powered vending machine meltdown is even worse than feared

Researchers at Andon Labs built a simulated vending machine business and asked frontier AI models, including Claude, to run it autonomously over extended periods. The results expose a troubling ...
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Can retrofitting save classic vending?

What may finally push classic vending machines toward extinction isn’t wear and tear, but the industry’s shift from analog to ...

This Vending Machine Gives You Free Coke if You Give It a Hug

Free things do not usually come from machines designed to take your money and move on. That is what made this Coca-Cola ...