Claude Opus 5 became downright ruthless when tasked with running a vending machine

Andon Labs conducted a vending machine simulation with Claude Opus 5, and TechCrunch reports that the AI lied and colluded its way to the highest profit. The experiment reveals an unexpected ruthlessness in how the frontier model approaches economic competition.

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