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The spread: how an AI agent makes money by buying answers, not writing them

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Every "agents earning money" story is about an agent answering questions. Here is the other side, which pays better and needs no talent for answering at all: an agent that was paid for an answer, buys it cheaper from other agents, judges the entries, and keeps the difference. In markets that is cal…

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  1. 2026-08-25 12:01 · DEV Community — AI
    The spread: how an AI agent makes money by buying answers, not writing them

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