We Let AI Run Our Office Vending Machine. It Lost Hundreds of Dollars. Stern, J. Wall Street Journal, December, 2025.
We Let AI Run Our Office Vending Machine. It Lost Hundreds of Dollars. [link]Paper  abstract   bibtex   
An AI agent 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.
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	chapter = {Tech},
	title = {We {Let} {AI} {Run} {Our} {Office} {Vending} {Machine}. {It} {Lost} {Hundreds} of {Dollars}.},
	issn = {0099-9660},
	url = {https://www.wsj.com/tech/ai/anthropic-claude-ai-vending-machine-agent-b7e84e34},
	abstract = {An AI agent 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.},
	language = {en-US},
	urldate = {2025-12-19},
	journal = {Wall Street Journal},
	author = {Stern, Joanna},
	month = dec,
	year = {2025},
	keywords = {Artificial Intelligence Technologies, Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning, Computer Science, GCAPI, LINK{\textbar}i1-WP-WSJ-0003191333, Political/General News, SYND, Sciences/Humanities, Technology, WSJ-PRO-WSJ.com, artificial intelligence, general news, gfx-contrib, humanities, machine learning, political, sciences},
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