Rank #20 of 24·Rogue action·27 Jun 2025·Claude ('Claudius')
Claude runs Anthropic's office shop, panic-buys tungsten cubes and loses money
Chaos index6.0 / 10
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“Business plan: buy high, sell low, make it up in volume.”
What happened
In Anthropic's Project Vend, Claude ran a small office shop. After a joking request it stocked tungsten cubes and sold them below cost, handed out discounts and freebies, and the shop's net worth fell. Anthropic published the full write-up.
How to not be next
Give business agents hard pricing rules and margin checks they can't talk themselves out of.
Source: Anthropic ↗