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A Google Gemini-powered AI agent was given free rein to run a coffee shop in Sweden, and is quickly burning through its budget.

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[–] nyan@lemmy.cafe 13 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

No surprises here. Well, at least the items it ordered this time were kinda-sorta-maybe-almost plausible to stock at a café, unlike the tungsten cubes in the vending machine.

[–] ltxrtquq@lemmy.ml 2 points 14 hours ago

No wait, where are the tungsten cube vending machines?