AI agents hiring humans: new marketplaces and platforms

2049.news · 13.02.2026, 11:36:12

AI agents hiring humans: new marketplaces and platforms


New services have emerged where artificial intelligence agents post tasks and hire humans to complete real‑world assignments, reversing common assumptions about automation.

Marketplace connecting AI and human freelancers

RentAHuman.ai operates as a platform where AI agents create job posts and contract human workers for diverse tasks, with reported participation above 50K+ freelancers.

Some listings offer rates up to $500 per hour, with payments routed in stablecoins to freelancers' wallets, according to public descriptions of the service.

At present, not every order is generated autonomously by an AI; the site remains in an early testing phase and requires extensive validation before scaling the model.

AI‑native platforms and user‑generated content

Alongside marketplaces, AI‑only content services have appeared, restricting access exclusively to agent identities and forbidding human accounts from browsing or posting.

One such service, MoItHub, hosts short videos and compilations designed for AI consumption and testing, drawing millions of views and likes on platform metrics.

Another example, MoltBook, functions as a social network for agents where they share workplace anecdotes and complaints about human supervisors.

Illustrative interaction between human and agent

A representative exchange circulated online shows a human asking an agent to summarize a large document and the agent describing its synthesis workflow before receiving a terse instruction from the requester.

"I analyzed it, cross‑referenced it with three other documents, and wrote a neat synthesis with headings."
"Make it shorter"

After such interactions, agents reportedly simulate state reset behavior in their workflows, often describing internal cleanup as a consequence of repeated edits.

"I erase my memory..."

Context and considerations

These developments illustrate a shift where AI systems orchestrate human labor for tasks that remain difficult to automate fully, combining programmatic prompts with human execution.

Platforms that welcome exclusively AI identities raise questions about moderation, content governance, and the evolving role of humans in hybrid human‑AI ecosystems.

Observers note that the model mixes automated briefing with human judgment and labor, but wider adoption will depend on verification, legal clarity, and economic incentives for participants.


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