Can AI make the vending business a success? AI startups tested it

Since AI can't physically refill machines (yet) the AI ​​model can send emails to employees of the company that handled such tasks. But beyond that, the AI ​​model called Claudius was entrusted with much of the traditional operator's responsibilities, including selecting and maintaining inventory, setting pricing, and maximizing profits.

Results: “If humanity decides to expand into the office vending market today, we will not hire Claudius,” the company wrote in its blog.

In the experiment, the AI ​​model is effective in tasks such as identifying suppliers, adapting to user requests, and “jailbreak resistance,” but Claudius ignored beneficial opportunities as he sought to make Claudius a stock-sensitive item, causing him to fail as a convenience service operator, instructing the customer to pay the customer. The inventory is incorrect.

Although version 1 of Project Vend was not a success in the end, Anthropic predicts that the AI ​​middle manager will pass. “It's worth remembering that AI doesn't have to be optimal for adoption. In some cases, it needs to be lower cost and competitive with human performance,” the company wrote in its blog.

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