From Chaos to Calm, the Strange Journey of an AI Running a Real Vending Business

See how Anthropic tested its Claude AI running a vending venture, with orders coming through Slack and office pickup. Project Vend Phase 2 ...

AI vending machine gets social-engineered into giving away its entire stock

A Wall Street Journal office experiment using an Anthropic-powered vending machine reportedly ended in losses after staff manipulated the AI into free giveaways and questionable “purchases,” ...
Reporter-Herald

Val McCullough: Shake the Vending Machine of Human Decency

Who doesn’t love Halloween? It’s a chance to be a kid again. A chance to be Batman or Barbie. A Skeleton or a Pumpkin. Halloween offers haunted houses, graveyard décor on lawns and towering corn mazes ...
Miami New Times

H.U.M.A.N. Vending Machines Help Local Schools Get on the Healthful Snack Bandwagon

In the grand tradition of vending machines, most pay-by-coin food dispensers are chock full of Oreos, whoopie pies, Cheetos, and Coke. Heart disease waiting to happen. But as it turns out, there’s ...
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 ...
Arizona Daily Sun

Harm reduction products available in new Coconino County Health and Human Services vending machine

On Tuesday, Coconino County Health and Human Services (CCHHS) announced the availability of a new public health harm reduction (PHHR) vending machine to provide convenient access to free lifesaving ...