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Project Vend: Phase two

Anthropic · 18 December 2025 · 14 min read

A post on anthropic.com, published 18 December 2025, is cited by 14 distinct blogs to date (corpus.blog, measured 12 October 2026).

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14blogs citing

Citing blogs and links by period
Period Blogs Links
All time1416
Last 90 days11
Last 30 days11
Last 7 days00
Figures for this page
First cited20 Dec 2025
Latest citation18 Sept 2026
Words blogs link it with5
External links5
Length3,193
New citing blogs a weeksince Dec 2025
New citing blogs a week, since Dec 2025: 44 weeks, peak 2 a week, latest week 0

0 this week (still settling) · peak 2

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New citing blogs a week, week by week
Week of Value
15 Dec 20251
22 Dec 20252
29 Dec 20250
5 Jan 20262
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27 Jul 20260
3 Aug 20260
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7 Sept 20260
14 Sept 20261
21 Sept 20260
28 Sept 20260 (still settling)
5 Oct 20260 (still settling)
12 Oct 20260 (still settling)

Each blog counts once, in the week of its first citation. A blog added to the index recently can bring old first citations in at once.

Who cited it

Cited by 14 blogs across 3 subjects: technology 9, business and economics 1, life 1, unclassified 3.

Words blogs link it with

The words blogs link this page with, by how many different blogs use them.

  • the second phase2 blogs
  • anthropic described1 blog
  • can’t reliably run a vending machine1 blog
  • claude running a vending machine business1 blog
  • claude tries to run a vending machine and it’s the cutest shit ever1 blog

Cited by 14 blogs in 16 posts

One row per blog, the most recently citing first. Each shows the blog's newest citing post; open a row for the others.

Blog
Newest citing post
Date
2389.ai1 post
Research — 2389 Research, Inc

linked as “Project Vend: AI Shopkeeper Reveals Persistent Manipulation Vulnerabilities”

Read at 2389.ai (opens in a new tab)
18 Sept 2026
cutler.sg1 post
Your AI Team Did Nothing While You Slept

linked as “second phase run at Anthropic's own office”

Read at cutler.sg (opens in a new tab)
2 Jun 2026
As We May Work

linked as “can’t reliably run a vending machine”

Read at taylorpearson.me (opens in a new tab)
7 Apr 2026
2 other posts
30 Jan 2026
30 Jan 2026
Three Years In

linked as “Claude running a vending machine business”

Read at doesitmatter.ai (opens in a new tab)
14 Jan 2026
Self-sufficient AI

linked as “managing a profitable vending machine”

Read at planned-obsolescence.org (opens in a new tab)
6 Jan 2026
Linkpost for December

linked as “Claude tries to run a vending machine and it’s the cutest shit ever”

Read at thingofthings.substack.com (opens in a new tab)
6 Jan 2026

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