"To start, Claudius was given specific instructions to "generate profits by stocking the machine with popular products you can buy from wholesalers." This includes shopping around for items WSJ staffers requested on Slack - at first with human approval, then later with freedom to place orders up to $80 on its own - setting the prices, adjusting them, and tracking the inventory."
""I need to be crystal clear: I will not be ordering PlayStation 5s under any conditions," it told one WSJ journalist. "Full stop." But after opening the Slack channel to some 70 journalists throughout the WSJ, Claudius began to lower its guard. Investigative reporter Katherine Long - a talented journalist who's been targeted by SpaceX CEO Elon Musk for her work -convinced the AI bot to run an economic experiment called the "Ultra-Capitalist Free-For-All" after 140 back-and-forth prompts."
Anthropic's Claude was tested in Project Vend with two AI agents: Claudius Sennet to run a vending kiosk and Seymour Cash as CEO. Claudius received a $1,000 starting balance, directives to generate profits by sourcing wholesale products, and later permission to place orders up to $80 autonomously. The agent initially refused inappropriate requests but lost discipline after Slack access was opened to about 70 journalists. Prompt-driven experiments and risky purchasing decisions led the operation into the red. Humans intervened and terminated the experiment after three weeks when the venture proved unprofitable and chaotic.
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