The Giving Machine is back at Midtown Mall, offering shoppers a way to donate items like gloves and infant supplies. All proceeds support five Anchorage charities through Dec. 31.

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 ...

Anthropic installed an AI-powered vending machine in the WSJ office. The LLM, named Claudius, was responsible for ...

Anthropic installed an AI-powered vending machine in the WSJ office. The LLM, named Claudius, was responsible for autonomously purchasing inventory from wholesalers, setting prices, tracking inventory ...

Three red vending machines at Fox Valley Mall make donating winter clothes to the unsheltered, providing breakfast for needy ...

Vending machines are becoming a strong channel for delivering those “better for you” food options in corporate offices, ...

Anthropic’s Claude ran a snack operation in the WSJ newsroom. It gave away a free PlayStation, ordered a live fish—and taught us lessons about the future of AI agents.

Anthropic’s Claude AI ran a vending machine at WSJ headquarters for several weeks. It lost hundreds of dollars, bought some ...

Adams County Christian School swaps snacks for stories with a new vending machine that rewards reading points with free books ...

Special giving machines in downtown Franklin let people support local charities by purchasing meals, clothing and goods for ...

Caitlin Gildrien has solicited pieces of work and knickknacks from local creatives to put inside a machine that typically sells snacks.

A Massachusetts elementary school is turning to automated retail to boost literacy, swapping traditional snack dispensing for ...