Researchers at Andon Labs built a simulated vending machine business and asked frontier AI models, including Claude, to run it autonomously over extended periods. The results expose a troubling ...

If you’ve noticed more vending-style setups in offices, apartments, hospitals, or even airports lately — you’re not imagining it. Retail is shifting fast, and people now want quick access to products.

What may finally push classic vending machines toward extinction isn’t wear and tear, but the industry’s shift from analog to ...

Major Fitness offers home gym equipment, including its flagship Heritage Series B17 All-in-One Smith Machine. The B17 machine is designed for full-body workouts and is adaptable for various fitness ...

When Luke Saunders came up with the novel idea to sell salads from a vending machine 12 years ago, it was so far out of the box that he had to invent a new one. Believing that fast food should be ...

Unless you want to lose a whole lot of money, don’t rush to hire an AI bot to run your vending machine. That’s the lesson from a recent experiment in AI autonomy, piloted by Joanna Stern, tech ...

Still think AI is ready to revolutionize the economy? A new experiment might change your mind. In a bold test of Anthropic’s latest version of its AI Claude, The Wall Street Journal gave the large ...

Imagine this: You're sitting at Boston's Logan International Airport, stomach growling (you skipped dinner amid a mad dash to your gate). Looking up from your phone, you spot a blue-and-white vending ...

New York City is testing a new way to fight food insecurity, and it looks nothing like the corner bodega or a traditional pantry line. According to EcoNews, a nonprofit in the Bronx has rolled out one ...

Coffee lovers distraught by the closing of several hundred Starbucks locations worldwide may not be crying in their empty mugs much longer, if G&A Robot installs one of its all-in-one automated ...