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

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AIs running vending machines form ruthless cartel to jack up prices

Algorithms that set prices for vending machines, apartment rents, and hotel rooms are drawing federal antitrust scrutiny as regulators argue these systems can function like old-fashioned cartels, even ...

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 ...

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: ...