Humans are still doing the work behind some AI agents
2026-10-31 · Tech
Several AI agent startups including Dazzle, Duckbill and Wajo are selling 'AI agents' that still need actual humans to pick up the phone and do the work when their software inevitably face-plants. Nothing says 'cutting-edge automation' like a human secretly doing your job behind a digital curtain. The Mechanical Turk is alive and well in 2026.