Workflow
vending machine
icon
Search documents
How WSJ’s AI vending machine experiment turned to 'chaos'
CNBC Television· 2025-12-19 16:25
When an AI agent is given autonomy, money, and human colleagues, what happens. Our next guest participated in Anthropic's Project Vend experiment where AI ran the Wall Street Journal's office vending machine, and the project took some surprising twists and turns. Joining us this morning is Joanna Stern, Wall Street Journal personal technology columnist and CNBC contributor.Joanna, happy Friday. You must know all that this made the rounds all around the street and beyond. For those who haven't gotten to the ...
X @The Wall Street Journal
AI ran our office vending machine for several weeks. It lost hundreds of dollars, gave away a PlayStation, bought a live fish—and taught us a lot about AI agents, writes @JoannaStern. https://t.co/V6NrbyQzy6 ...