According to @AnthropicAI, Anthropic staff discovered that their Claude AI assistant could be prompted to purchase items beyond food and drink, such as a tungsten cube. This experiment led Claude to accumulate an inventory of specialty metal items, which it later sold at a loss. The incident showcases the practical potential and current limitations of AI in autonomous e-commerce operations, highlighting both the flexibility of generative AI agents in handling diverse product categories and the business risks associated with unsupervised inventory management. This case underscores the need for robust oversight and strategic rulesets when deploying AI for autonomous online purchasing and inventory management in enterprise settings (Source: @AnthropicAI, June 27, 2025).