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How WSJ’s AI Vending Machine Experiment Turned to 'Chaos'

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Joanna Stern, Wall Street Journal Personal Technology Columnist joins CNBC's 'Squawk on the Street' to share more details about an AI vending machine experiment in the WSJ newsroom and why chaos ensued.

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A vending machine, the Chatbot Claude de Anthropic, a thousand dollars to replace, and a newsroom of journalists as clients, willing to sabotage artificial intelligence. What can go wrong? Basically, everything.The AI lost hundreds of dollars, some took a free PS5 home, and convinced the AI to buy online a live fish, stun guns, cigarettes and underwear.It's all part of an experiment by Anthropic, creators of the IA Claude, and the newspaper The …

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Is it a good idea to install AI in a snack machine? The Wall Street Journal shows that chatbots can still be influenced too easily. As a result, the machine suddenly gave away a PS5 and ordered live fish for the staff. read more on t3n.de

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Wall Street Journal broke the news in New York, United States on Thursday, December 18, 2025.
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