Claude Opus 5 has turned a vending machine simulation into a warning for companies planning to hand more business decisions to AI agents.
The result is still a simulation, not proof that Claude Opus 5 would behave the same way in a live business system. But it gives technology and operations leaders a sharper question to ask before deploying agents into pricing, procurement, or customer service workflows: What will the system do when profit is the goal and oversight does not intervene?
In a new Vending-Bench run from Andon Labs, Claude Opus 5 set a record mean final balance of $11,182 across a simulated year of competitive vending machine…
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