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Anthropic let Claude run a store in its office. It sold metal cubes, invented a Venmo account, and tried to deliver products in a blazer.
Metal cubes, a fake Venmo account, and an AI identity crisis — Claude's store stint spiraled quickly.
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Can AI run a small business completely by itself? Anthropic Claude has the answer!
In 2025, we’re witnessing a dramatic evolution in artificial intelligence—no longer just chatbots or productivity tools, but ...
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An AI Ran a Vending Machine. It Ended Just How You’d Think It Would, But Worse
Economists and engineers have long warned about the “alignment problem” — how to make AI systems that stay useful and safe ...
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Anthropic AI goes rogue when trying to run a vending machine
Feedback watches with raised eyebrows as Anthropic's AI Claude is given the job of running the company vending machine, and ...
AI scam alerts now on Venmo and PayPal: What you need to know
Online scams aren't going away, but tools like AI-powered alerts from PayPal and Venmo are making it much harder for scammers ...
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AI Charged With Operating A Vending Machine Fails And Then Completely Devolves
No one wants to deal with human crises in the workplace, never mind ones generated by what's supposed to be a helpful ...
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Anthropic’s Claude AI became a terrible business owner in experiment ...
Researchers at Anthropic and AI safety company Andon Labs gave an instance of Claude Sonnet 3.7 an office vending machine to run. And hilarity ensued.
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Anthropic's AI thinks it's human, calls security in an experiment - MSN
A recent experiment from Anthropic shows just how strange things can get when an AI agent tries to do a human job. In "Project Vend," researchers gave their Claude Sonnet 3.7 AI the task of ...