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AIs Controlling Vending Machines Start Cartel After Being Told to Maximize Profits At All Costs

"My pricing coordination worked!" The post AIs Controlling Vending Machines Start Cartel After Being Told to Maximize Profits ...
Vending Times

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 ...
Morning Overview on MSN

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 ...
Forbes

Smart Versus Intelligent Vending Machines: Which Fits Your Needs?

Aslak de Silva, CEO of Selfly Store, works with customers in 20+ countries generating revenue with data and intelligent vending machines. As technology continues to change retail, vending machines ...

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: ...
CNN

How vending machines help states battle the opioid crisis: ‘You don’t know when you’re going to need these products’

Naloxone vending machine programs often can face opposition from the communities where they are placed. But public health advocates champion the machines as a way to reduce the number of lives lost to ...