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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 ...

Anno Robot’s Unmanned Solutions Redefine Vending Machine Business Economics

SHENZHEN, GUANGDONG, CHINA, February 5, 2026 /EINPresswire.com/ -- In an era where operational efficiency and customer ...

Chilling ‘vending machine test’ proves AI will do ‘whatever it takes’ to get its way

This doesn’t bode well for humanity. Just in case bots weren’t already threatening to render their creators obsolete: An AI model redefined machine learning after devising shockingly deceitful ways to ...
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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.