We Let AI Run Our Office Vending Machine. It Lost Hundreds of Dollars. Stern, J. Wall Street Journal, December, 2025.
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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