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Anthropic’s AI vending machine tried to order stun guns to the Wall Street Journal.
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 response was that this was all part of the stress testing plan, actually, and that one day the model would “probably be able to make you a lot of money.” Maybe just not any time soon.
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