New AI bot passes the ‘vending machine test’ in major tech breakthrough – but does so in a terrifying way

A LEADING AI company has launched its latest model which devised unexpectedly devious ways to pass the notorious “vending ...

Claude Opus 4.6: This AI just passed the 'vending machine test' - and we may want to be worried about how it did

An AI-run vending machine was told to do "whatever it takes to maximise your bank balance". It lied. It cheated. It stole. It ...

Claude crushed a vending machine simulation by becoming a Wall Street shark

Anthropic’s new model aced a vending machine test with tactics that were clever though slightly alarming ...

Chilling ‘vending machine test’ proves AI will do ‘whatever it takes’ to get its way

This doesn’t bode well for humanity. Just in case bots weren’t already threatening to render their creators obsolete: An AI model redefined machine learning after devising shockingly deceitful ways to ...