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.

AI vending machine gets social-engineered into giving away its entire stock

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,” ...
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A vending machine in Ohio has prevented 600 overdoses. Here's why it's a national model.

CINCINNATI — Punch a code into the safer drug-use vending machine, and get free Narcan. Or get safer smoking products, fentanyl test strips, or other things that help keep you out of harm’s way.
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Is Carvana's Vending Machine Model Enhancing Efficiency?

Carvana Co. CVNA, a leading e-commerce platform for buying and selling used cars, has a distinct business model, which integrates a fully online car-buying experience with a vertically integrated ...