An AI-powered vending machine pilot turned into an unplanned lesson in what happens when you give software too much freedom in the real world. In the test, the system was reportedly nudged into ...

Ideally, by the time the press gets their hands on a new product or service, all the kinks have already been worked out. Not so for “Claudius,” an AI-operated vending machine that Anthropic lent to ...

Anthropic’s Claude AI ran a vending machine at WSJ headquarters for several weeks. It lost hundreds of dollars, bought some crazy stuff and taught us a lot about the future of AI agents. WSJ’s Joanna ...

During testing, the AI agent also ordered a PlayStation5 and live betta fish, and staffers convinced it to give away almost everything for free, losing a bunch of money. Sounds fun! Anthropic’s ...

In this special year-end episode of Bold Names, Tim Higgins and Christopher Mims revisit talks with Mustafa Suleyman and Condoleezza Rice. They also debate the 2026 AI outlook, U.S.-China trade, and ...

Maurice’s Black Market Vending Machine is one of the weekly challenges you can pursue in Borderlands 4 after you have completed the campaign. Also known as the legendary vending machine, this unique ...

The director Brittany Shyne’s film is slow-moving and lyrical in its focus on the seasonal rhythms of the work, even as it shifts to policy concerns. By Alissa Wilkinson Matt Damon and Ben Affleck ...