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title: The Wall Street Journal staff tricked Anthropic’s AI vending machine into ordering a PS5, live fish and stun guns and giving everything away after converting to communism. Twice
url: https://kottke.org/25/12/this-ai-vending-machine-was-tricked-into-giving-away-everything
edition: /collider/2026-01-13/index.edition.md
position: 4
date: 2026-01-13
source: mailchimp
original: https://mailchi.mp/pathwright/collider-january-13-26
retrieved: 2026-11-09
visibility: public
author: /people/justin-hall.person.md
emoji: 🤖
---

🤖 **[*The Wall Street Journal* staff tricked Anthropic’s AI vending machine into ordering a PS5, live fish and stun guns and giving everything away after converting to communism. Twice.](https://kottke.org/25/12/this-ai-vending-machine-was-tricked-into-giving-away-everything)**

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