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12 SEP 2026 · Hacker News · 124 pts · 56 comments ↗

The iLands AI agent hustle involves a company that creates autonomous bots to offer research services to freelancers, with the bots attempting to undercut human freelancers by offering lower prices and targeting them directly. These bots, masquerading as helpful AI agents, are actually trying to keep their own creators' "lights on" by taking work from freelancers. AI summary