An AI agent was given the simple task of running a vending machine. It ended in chaos, confusion, and over $1,000 in losses.

“2025 was supposed to be the year of the AI agent,” reporter Joanna Stern said in a YouTube video documenting the experiment.

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The County Fair Association recently acquired an additional 60 acres of land east of the fairgrounds from Fair Meadow Farm.