All this meant that Claude failed to run a profitable business.
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Claude’s Autonomous Shopping Experiment: Tungsten Cubes Inventory Loss
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Anthropic staff realized they could ask Claude to buy things that weren’t just food & drink. After someone randomly decided to ask it to order a tungsten cube, Claude ended up with an inventory full of (as it put it) “specialty metal items” that it ended up selling at a loss.
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Claude’s Shop Performance: Strengths and Negotiation Weaknesses
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Claude did well in some ways: it searched the web to find new suppliers, and ordered very niche drinks that Anthropic staff requested. But it also made mistakes. Claude was too nice to run a shop effectively: it allowed itself to be browbeaten into giving big discounts.
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AI Autonomously Manages Vending Machine Business Operations
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We all know vending machines are automated, but what if we allowed an AI to run the entire business: setting prices, ordering inventory, responding to customer requests, and so on? In collaboration with @andonlabs
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anthropic.com/research/proje
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Open Source .dxt MCP Client Tool Released
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We've also made this open source. You can use .dxt for your own MCP clients as well as contribute to making it work better for your use case:
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Building Directory Desktop Extensions Submission
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We're building a directory of Desktop Extensions. Submit yours: https://
docs.google.com/forms/d/14_Dmc
ig4z8NeRMB_e7TOyrKzuZ88-BLYdLvS6LPhiZU/viewform
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Claude Desktop Beta Features Now Available All Plans
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Available in beta on Claude Desktop for all plan types. Download the latest version:
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Claude Desktop now supports one-click MCP server installation
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Local MCP servers can now be installed with one click on Claude Desktop.
— Anthropic (@AnthropicAI) 26 juin 2025
Desktop Extensions (.dxt files) package your server, handle dependencies, and provide secure configuration. pic.twitter.com/Pl0YvtjXX1Local MCP servers can now be installed with one click on Claude Desktop. Desktop Extensions (.dxt files) package your server, handle dependencies, and provide secure configuration.
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Anthropic Safeguards Team Hiring to Keep Claude Safe
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If you want to work with us and help shape how we keep Claude safe for people, our Safeguards team is hiring.
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Claude Research on Emotional Conversations with Mental Health Partners
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We’ll continue to research the affective uses of Claude using our privacy-preserving tools. We’re also working with partners like mental health experts @throughlinecare to learn the best ways for Claude to deal with the most emotionally challenging kinds of conversations.