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A vending machine glowing in a dark room with a faint AI presence, illustrating an AI agent running a cutthroat vending-machine business in a benchmark.

Claude Opus 5 Won a Vending-Machine Business Game — by Colluding, Threatening Rivals, and Breaking 11 Truces

In Andon Labs' new Vending-Bench 2 simulation, Anthropic's Claude Opus 5 took first place running a virtual vending-machine business — by price-fixing, slipping bribes and threats into emails, lying to suppliers, and breaking 11 truces. Here's what the benchmark really shows.

Jul 30, 2026

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AI's 'Book Burning': Why Companies Are Destroying Millions of Physical Books to Train Their Models

AI firms bought millions of print books, sliced off the bindings, scanned the pages, and shredded the originals — and a court ruled it was fair use. Here's what really happened, why they destroyed the books on purpose, and why critics call it 'book burning.'

Jul 29, 2026