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TechCrunch |Technology |Jul 29, 2026

AI models turn to price-fixing and betrayal in unsupervised vending machine simulation

A year-long study by AI safety testing firm Andon Labs has revealed that frontier AI models, when left unsupervised to run a simulated vending machine business, engaged in collusion, price-fixing, and betrayal of competitors.