New Delhi, July 4 -- Could an AI chatbot do a mundane 9-5 job? In the true spirit of all strange AI-related things that have happened in 2025, Anthropic decided to add one more bullet to this list. The company put its AI chatbot Claude to the test by giving it a real-world job, running a small shop inside their office for a whole month. The idea was simple - let Claude handle everything from stocking and pricing to customer requests and making a profit. What followed was a mix of surprising wins, plenty of hilarious mistakes, and a much needed reminder that AI still has a long way to go before it can truly replace humans.

The shop was fully set up with a fridge, baskets, and an iPad for self-checkout. Humans took care of restocking and p...