A new platform lets AI agents 'rent a human.' Its creator says his job worries drove him to build it.

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RentAHuman's homepage as of Friday, February 6, including a dashboard showing a site visit count of about 2.8 million, 11,000 total bounties, and 180,000
RentAHuman's website tells gig workers that they can join "the meatspace" by doing tasks for AI agents.

RentAHuman

Amazon's $8 billion Anthropic investment balloons to $61 billion

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AWS CEO Matt Garman
AWS CEO Matt Garman

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AI job listings surge to a record, even as broader hiring slows

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At job fair in action

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AT&T launches a smartphone for kids that's really for parents

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AT&T debuted smartphones for children on Friday.

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I used ChatGPT, Gemini, and Perplexity to research a gnarly NYC rent situation. Here's what I learned.

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Nolita is an upscale neighborhood in NYC brimming with boutiques and restaurants.
Nolita is an upscale neighborhood in NYC brimming with boutiques and restaurants.

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Y Combinator picked a fight with Canada — and quickly backtracked

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Garry Tan is pictured at the 2022 Web Summit
Gary Tan said that some academic entrepreneurship programs are creating "fake" founders like Elizabeth Holmes and Sam Bankman-Fried.

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800 Google employees demand an end to any cloud contracts with ICE and CBP

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A general exterior view of Google's London headquarters at 6 Pancras Square in Kings Cross on January 29, 2026 in London, United Kingdom.
Google employees signed a petition asking management for transparency and protection in light of Trump's immigration crackdown.

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The EV retreat deepens with $26 billion write-down from Jeep-maker Stellantis

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A red Jeep Wrangler SUV drives over a wooden maneuverability course during the Detroit Auto Show.
Jeep-maker Stellantis has been re-evaluating its EV lineup. The change of plans will cost the company $26 billion.

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Read the pitch decks of 17 startups looking to disrupt advertising and marketing with AI

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limy cofounders
Limy founders Aviv Shamny, CEO; Ido Riechman, CTO; Ido Zabarsky, COO.

Shiri Grupper.

AI researcher Gary Marcus sounds off on Moltbook and OpenClaw's viral moment

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Scientist and entrepreneur Gary Marcus is pictured.
Gary Marcus wrote that using OpenClaw was like giving a stranger at a bar all your passwords.

Gary Marcus

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