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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 ...

Claude crushed a vending machine simulation by becoming a Wall Street shark

Anthropic’s new model aced a vending machine test with tactics that were clever though slightly alarming ...

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 measures of intelligence and effectiveness - including one crucial benchmark: ...
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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 ...