Daily briefing: New platform lets AI agents hire human helpers

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by Jacob Smith

February 17, 2026

AI agents can pay people to complete tasks they aren’t able to do on RentAHuman.ai. Plus, a key US infectious-disease centre plans to scale back pandemic planning and how to better assess scientific understanding among the public. AI agents can pay people to complete tasks they aren’t able to do on RentAHuman.ai. Plus, a key US infectious-disease centre plans to scale back pandemic planning and how to better assess scientific understanding among the public.

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Originally published on Nature on 2/17/2026