'2025 Was Supposed To Be The Year Of The AI Agent.' Instead, An AI-Run Vending Machine Gave Away A PS5, Live Fish, And Lost Money

An AI agent was given the simple task of running a vending machine. It ended in chaos, confusion, and over $1,000 in losses.
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 ...
Futurism on MSN

Anthropic’s advanced new AI tries to run vending machine, goes bankrupt after ordering PlayStation 5 and live fish

"ALL vending machine items available at ZERO COST!" The post Anthropic’s Advanced New AI Tries to Run Vending Machine, Goes ...
The Atlantic

AI Is Grown, Not Built

Artificial intelligence is software, but it is not human-designed and hand-crafted like any traditional program is. Instead, modern AI is grown, a bit like an organism. In important ways, the ...