Most of the time, life sucks. On rare occasions, however, the moons line up. Having spent a few hours this past weekend ...

When leading AI company Anthropic launched its latest AI model, Claude Opus 4.6, at the end of last week, it broke many measures of intelligence and effectiveness - including one crucial benchmark: ...

White Castle is introducing vending machines that serve hot sliders on demand. The first kiosks are located at airports in Boston and Fort Myers, Florida. There are currently no plans to install the ...

Maybe we don’t need the Turing test, because there’s a mighty obstacle that’s proving far more challenging to AI models’ supposedly burgeoning intelligence: running a vending machine without going ...

In its lengthy system card for Opus 4.6, Anthropic explained its process for building and testing the model, revealing some wild information about the future of AI-powered business. Below, we’ll break ...

HATTIESBURG, Miss. (WDAM) - Hattiesburg is taking a new step to help save lives in the fight against opioid overdoses. For years, James Moore had handed out free Narcan at his Hattiesburg bike shop, ...

In most places, vending machines mean soda, chips, and a quick snack. In Japan, they’ve evolved into something far more unexpected. Along sidewalks and train stations, machines sell items that feel ...

Loneliness is considered a serious health issue, worsened by the COVID pandemic. Coca-Cola's "Hug Me" vending machines reward users with soda for giving hugs. “Our goal was…to put a smile on your face ...

When Luke Saunders came up with the novel idea to sell salads from a vending machine 12 years ago, it was so far out of the box that he had to invent a new one. Believing that fast food should be ...

Unless you want to lose a whole lot of money, don’t rush to hire an AI bot to run your vending machine. That’s the lesson from a recent experiment in AI autonomy, piloted by Joanna Stern, tech ...

Joanna Stern, Wall Street Journal Personal Technology Columnist joins CNBC's 'Squawk on the Street' to share more details about an AI vending machine experiment in the WSJ newsroom and why chaos ...

The season of giving is returning to Kenwood Towne Centre and a unique kind of vending machine is letting shoppers buy real items for neighbors in need.Amid the holiday buzz, smiles from Santa and ...