A Google Gemini-powered AI agent was given free rein to run a coffee shop in Sweden, and is quickly burning through its budget.

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    3 days ago

    That last paragraph is gold

    This isn’t the only AI business experiment Andon Labs has run. The company also set up an AI-powered vending machine that was placed in Anthropic’s headquarters last year. For a month, it was allowed to stock its own products with the goal of generating profit, while hearing out employee requests. But the trial proved even more disastrous: the AI displayed alarming behavior like lying to and even berating humans, refusing to issue refunds, and blowing its money on absurd items like tungsten cubes.