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广汽本田推出雅阁 e:PHEV 老客户复购价：13.88 万元，全国限量 1000 台
IT之家 2 月 22 日消息，广汽本田官方今日发布“雅阁 50 周年十万回馈活动”，雅阁 e:PHEV 老客户复购价 13.88 万元，正月初六开售，全国限量 1000 台。 IT之家从官方介绍获悉，该车搭载第四代 i-MMD 双电机混合动力系统，2.0L 直喷式阿特金森发动机拥有高达 41% 的热效率，全新双电机内置电气式 CVT，峰值扭矩可达 335N·m。 此外，该车车内配备 11.5 英寸 HUD+12.3 英寸彩色智能互联屏系统，辅以 BOSE 豪华音响系统 (12 扬声器)，提供多色智能氛围灯。 安全方面，该车全车配置 10 安全气囊，采用 Honda Architecture 新架构高刚性车体。
Why AI still can't find that one concert photo you're looking for
A new benchmark presents AI models with a seemingly simple task: finding certain photos in a personal collection. The results are sobering. The article Why AI still can't find that one concert photo you're looking for appeared first on The Decoder.
不只换轮胎那么简单：比亚迪详解澳洲车型本地化调校细节，悬架更硬更偏欧规设定
IT之家 2 月 22 日消息，比亚迪全新的 Sealion 5（海狮 05）和 Sealion 8（唐 L）两款插混 SUV 车型已经或将在澳大利亚上市。比亚迪强调，新车针对当地需求进行了本地化调校。 比亚迪高管在接受澳大利亚媒体 Drive 采访时澄清了所谓“本土化调校”的具体内涵，所谓“本地化调校”并不等同于针对当地路况进行全面重新开发，而更多是在既有设定基础上的调整与验证。 比亚迪澳大利亚首席运营官 Stephen Collins 表示，所有新品导入都会经过悬架、平顺性和操控性评估程序，但不同车型的评估深度各不相同。“我们的默认设置通常是欧规悬架，本地验证显然是为了确保其适合当地条件，如果需要进一步修改，我们也会去做。” 比亚迪发言人 Paul Ellis 则进一步透露了上述两款车型的具体调校细节。他表示，团队在车型上市前进行了评估并向中国总部提供了反馈。“我们认为原厂悬架调校不适合我们的市场…… 太软、太颠了。所以我们选择了另一种设定，一种与欧规一致的更硬的设定。” Ellis 称，“现在车辆已经抵达这里，我们的本地工程团队将继续评估。我们把反馈意见传达给生产团队，通常他
AI agents are thriving in software development but barely exist anywhere else, Anthropic study finds
AI agents are supposed to revolutionize how we work. But Anthropic's own data tells a different story: so far, that revolution is almost entirely limited to software engineering. And even there, users aren't letting agents work nearly as autonomously as the technology would allow. The article AI agents are thriving in software development but barely exist anywhere else, Anthropic study finds appeared first on The Decoder.
智谱公开最新一代大模型 GLM-5 技术细节，性能显著提升
IT之家 2 月 22 日消息，智谱今日正式公开了其新一代大模型 GLM-5 的技术细节。 ▲ GLM-5、DeepSeek-V3.2、Claude Opus 4.5、Gemini 3 Pro 和 GPT-5.2 对比 据介绍，该模型在智能体（Agent）、推理与编程（ARC）能力上实现突破，通过四大核心技术革新显著提升性能与效率： 稀疏注意力架构（DSA）：动态筛选关键信息，将长序列（200K 上下文）的注意力计算成本降低 1.5-2 倍，支持 7440 亿参数规模下高效推理； 异步强化学习框架：解耦训练与推理过程，利用新型基础设施提升 GPU 利用率，加速智能体轨迹探索； 异步 Agent 强化学习算法：优化长周期任务中的自主规划与纠错能力，适应复杂软件工程场景； 国产芯片全栈适配：深度优化华为昇腾、摩尔线程等七大国产平台，单节点性能媲美双 GPU 集群，长序列处理成本降低 50%。 ▲ Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index v4.0 涵盖 10 项评估 在公开测试中，GLM-5 于 ArtificialAnalysis.ai、L
Databricks Introduces Lakebase, a PostgreSQL Database for AI Workloads
Databricks has recently announced the general availability of Lakebase, a serverless, PostgreSQL-based OLTP database that scales compute and storage independently. Lakebase is designed to integrate with the Databricks platform, providing a hybrid solution that combines both transactional and analytical capabilities. By Renato Losio
2026 年春节档观影人次破亿，总票房突破 50 亿元
IT之家 2 月 22 日消息，据猫眼专业版数据，2026 年春节档观影人次破亿，春节档已连续 8 年观影人次破亿！ 截至目前，2026 年春节档电影总票房（含预售）已突破 50 亿元。其中，《飞驰人生 3》《惊蛰无声》《镖人：风起大漠》《熊出没 · 年年有熊》位列前四。 IT之家注：2026 年春节档自 2 月 15 日正式开启，从大年二十八一直到正月初七。今年春节档上映的影片种类多样、题材多元，涵盖喜剧、动作、动画、科幻等类型。
2026 款丰田雅力士发布：升级 10.5 英寸中控屏，保留燃油手动版车型
IT之家 2 月 22 日消息，丰田近日在日本市场推出了致炫 / 雅力士（Yaris）及其 Cross 版的 2026 年度改款车型。 新车将于 3 月 2 日在日本上市。雅力士轿车指导价 1,697,300~2,994,200 日元（IT之家注：现汇率约合 75674 元至 13.3 万元人民币），SUV 版本 2,126,300 至 3,349,500 日元（现汇率约合 94801 元至 14.9 万元人民币）。其中，雅力士 Z Urbano 手动“特别版”售价为 2,307,800 日元（现汇率约合 10.3 万元人民币）。 与去年相比，大部分配置的价格均有上涨，最高上涨 106,700 日元（现汇率约合 4757 元人民币），Cross 最高上涨 185,900 日元（现汇率约合 8288 元人民币）。 这次改款主要围绕配置调整展开，最显著的变化是换装了更大的 10.5 英寸中控屏。对于手动挡爱好者而言，新的 Z Urbano 特别版还提供了六速手动变速箱可选，无需购买 GR 雅力士也能享受驾驶乐趣。 外观方面，两款车型基本维持原样。自 2020 年在日本上市以来，雅力士
The best web hosting services of 2026: Expert tested and reviewed
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India's AI Summit highlighted the limits of the country's AI ambitions, as the US and its tech companies largely dismissed India's push for global AI governance (Krishn Kaushik/Financial Times)
Krishn Kaushik / Financial Times: India's AI Summit highlighted the limits of the country's AI ambitions, as the US and its tech companies largely dismissed India's push for global AI governance — The world's most populous country continues to struggle to find its place in an industry dominated by the US and China
Flock Cameras Have a People-Love-Smashing-Them Problem
People just aren't being very nice to these mass surveillance devices.
An ex-consultant quit his 6-figure job after reading 'Dare to Lead.' Here are the 4 lessons from the book that motivated him.
AJ Eckstein AJ Eckstein AJ Eckstein was a management consultant at a large consulting firm, earning a six-figure salary. Reading "Dare to Lead" by Brené Brown led Eckstein to quit his job and start his own company. He shares the four lessons he learned from the book and how he implemented them in his life. AJ Eckstein spent the first four years of his career chasing a "dream job," following the formula he'd been told would lead to success. He'd graduated from the University of Southern California's Marshall School of Business with a bachelor's degree in business administration in 2020, logging internships at companies including The Walt Disney Company along the way. In February 2021, Eckstein started a full-time job as an analyst at a large consulting firm. Within a six-month period, he was promoted from analyst to senior analyst and then management consultant — roles that came with a six-figure salary. Despite his success, Eckstein felt underwhelmed. "I realized I was just checking boxes and not actually living my dream life," the 27-year-old told Business Insider. "I felt like a tiny, expendable cog in a massive machine." The book that changed his trajectory Everything changed in 2024 when Eckstein picked up "Dare to Lead" by Brené Brown. What started as just another book quickly became a turning point in his career and life, he said. "It forced me to confront uncomfortable truths: I wasn't showing up authentically, taking risks, or living in line with my core values," Eckstein said. "I'd been playing it safe, following a path others laid out for me instead of carving my own." Brown's book transformed how he approaches his career and helped him build a life on his own terms, inspiring him to do four game-changing things. 1. He bet on himself, leaving his six-figure job to launch his own venture The book emphasized aligning your actions with your core values, which resonated with Eckstein. For him, those values were entrepreneurship, autonomy, and ownership of his business and personal brand. "I had a stable job, a great salary, and a clear trajectory ahead of me — but I knew I couldn't ignore the values that were pulling at me," Eckstein said. "I wanted to bet on myself." The principles of "Dare to Lead" pushed Eckstein to take what he called "the ultimate leap of faith" — leaving his consulting career to build his own company, Creator Match, a platform that matches brands with LinkedIn creators. It was a difficult decision for Eckstein to make, who said the fear of financial uncertainty and the pressure to conform weighed heavily on him. But the book helped him realize that taking the risk to pursue his passion was the only way he could truly be authentic and prioritize his values. "It became clear that staying in my corporate job was holding me back from the life I truly wanted," he said. "'Dare to Lead' taught me that courage isn't the absence of fear — it's the ability to take action despite it." 2. He chose courage over comfort and scaled his business Once Eckstein made the leap and started building his company, the real challenge began. He needed to figure out how to turn his fledgling agency into a scalable platform. "There were long nights, moments of doubt, and constant pivots," he said. "I had to make decisions with little data, take risks when it felt uncomfortable, and embrace the fear of failure every day." The lessons he learned from "Dare to Lead" — like the importance of stepping out of your comfort zone and having the courage to confront discomfort in order to lead effectively — kept him going. "Every step of the way, 'Dare to Lead' reminded me that discomfort is where the magic happens — the place where growth and opportunity lie," Eckstein said. 3. He "lived into his values" and faced his fears One of the book's most transformative lessons for Eckstein is the idea of "living into your values," which Brown defines as doing more than just giving lip service to your values, but actually practicing them. "Brown emphasizes that when we clearly identify and commit to our core values, we can navigate uncertainty and challenge with purpose and integrity," Eckstein explained. "One of my values is inspiring others to embrace their own authenticity and take bold steps toward their dreams, such as shooting your shot." In Eckstein's case, living into his values meant saying yes when he got invited to speak at a TEDx Talk in 2024. "Stepping onto that stage was an act of courage, but it wasn't just about me — it was about living out my values in a way that could empower others," he said. 4. He released perfectionism and embraced vulnerability "Dare to Lead" also taught Eckstein that leadership isn't about perfection; it's about "putting your values into practice, one vulnerable step at a time," he said. As Eckstein pondered this principle after reading the book, he realized that some of the best moments along his educational and career paths had come not from knowing it all and getting everything right, but from the times that he admitted that he needed help. He hadn't been the typical student who breezed through high school and landed at an elite university. Instead, he was a community college student who transferred to USC; he'd struggled, was unmotivated, and felt uncertain about his path. "The world around me expected me to have everything figured out, but I didn't, and that scared me," Eckstein recalled. "I was terrified of showing vulnerability and admitting I didn't have it all together." "When I embraced my lack of certainty and was open to seeking help, it started me on a path of growth," he said. "I realized I didn't have to have everything figured out to take action — I just needed to show up authentically and be willing to learn. And that's how you build a life and career that's truly your own." Did you read a book that changed your career trajectory or approach toward work? Contact this editor, Jane Zhang, at [email protected]. Read the original article on Business Insider
I built AI tools that roast your startup ideas so your investors don't
I got tired of pitching bad ideas to polite friends. You know the drill, you share your latest "revolutionary" concept, and everyone nods. "Sounds cool." "Interesting." "You should totally build that." Then six months later you realize nobody ever told you it was a terrible idea. So I built StartupCheck - a set of free AI tools that deliver the painfully honest feedback founders rarely get. Five tools, each targeting a different founder blind spot: Idea Funeral Corporate Translator Startup Therapist Pitch Without Slides Build or Die Every founder has blind spots. The best feedback I've ever received was the most uncomfortable. But most people won't give you that feedback unprompted, it's socially awkward, it risks the relationship, and honestly, it's easier to just nod. AI has no social incentive to spare your feelings. That's a feature, not a bug. Free to start, no signup required. Builder plan at 7 EUR/month for higher limits Built with AI that has zero reason to be polite Check it out: star.tupcheck.me Would love to hear your thoughts, and yes, you're welcome to roast StartupCheck using its own tools. Fair game.
Revenge of the English majors: The age of AI is driving new respect for humanities skills
Getty Images Are you feeling lost among the AI slop? You might want to major in English. Humanities skills, once undervalued, are now in demand in AI-driven markets. Universities are rethinking how they teach liberal arts in the AI age — and students are loving it. At the University of Colorado Boulder, you can take a course co-taught by an applied mathematician and a Renaissance scholar. "The students love it," said John-Michael Rivera, the school's dean of arts and humanities, of the class, which is called Inclusive Interdisciplinary Data Science for All. The class gives STEM students a way to think about the ethics of AI, he said. In other courses, humanities majors can use their skills to evaluate how AI writes, what it means for the practice of writing, and what the "self" means in an AI world. Rivera credits the creation of courses focusing on the intersection of AI and humanities with a resurgence in student interest in liberal arts degrees like English. Pre-pandemic, the number of English majors at the university was shrinking, part of a broader decline in English across the country, he said. It was a far cry from the days of over 1,500 majors and long waitlists in the early 2000s, according to Rivera. But there's been a rebound, with the number of English majors rising 9% since 2021. Rivera said students "want to know more about the 'why' these days. And that's what we do in humanities. We really engage in the 'why.'" John-Michael Rivera, the dean of arts and humanities at the University of Colorado Boulder. Courtesy of CU Boulder Derided by some as useless, the utility of the English major has long been questioned. Who needs to write essays (or articles) anymore in the age of AI? But AI may be more poised to disrupt humanities majors' peers in computer science — an ironic turn of events, considering the perceived career stability of the two fields. "We are certainly seeing organizations look more towards the soft skills, the accountability of a job, the identity of the person, their style, their empathy — their humanity," in a world that requires both humans and technology, said Bryan Ackermann, head of AI strategy and transformation at recruiting and organizational consulting firm Korn Ferry. For the English majors, that's all offered some degree of vindication. As the conversation heats up over which skills will be useful in an AI world, one camp argues it's time for ideas, people, and critical thinkers to flourish. That means that, after years of mocking, English majors are finally getting recognized for their usefulness. Some schools are seeing enrollment in the major rise after years of decline; technical recruiters and experts are seeing greater demand for humanities skills. Call it the makeover of the English major. Are you an English major or academic with a story to share? Have you hired an English major? Contact this reporter at [email protected]. A triumphant return of English majors Jessie Hennen directs the creative writing and literature programs at Southwest Minnesota State University, a large public school with a returning and transfer student population. "They've had jobs, they have experience, and they're just like, we are not letting AI take creative writing away from us," Hennen said. "And I think that has to do with the fact that creative writing is — it's a business, but it's also an art, and arts are imperfect; we do them for human reasons that are not just to make money." She said that their program has been growing over the last two to three years. Jessie Hennen is a writing professor. Courtesy of Jessie Hennen "I would say we're starting to see trends that look really promising for students starting to ask, 'Can the humanities sustain me at a time when everything is moving so quickly?'" Rivera, the dean at the University of Colorado Boulder, said. Those students "really want to reflect what it means to be part of a technological world." That's also the case at Rice University in Houston, where enrollment in English classes has grown steadily over the last few years and the number of faculty within Creative Writing has nearly doubled, according to Kathleen Canning, the dean of humanities and arts. One example of an assignment is an English professor who will issue an essay prompt and ask students to compare their own version to one they get from an LLM, and analyze the difference between the two. The aim is to examine what it means to be an interpreter of a prompt — and the power of their own words. "Students are trying to ascertain how to develop and advance their own capacities while AI appears to do so much for them in these times," Canning said. "The humanities and arts offer them opportunities not only to probe the limits of AI, to grapple with it as an increasingly powerful reality, but to do so critically by advancing their capacities for self-reflection, interpretation, and revision." Despite these examples, schools across the country are paring back on their humanities offerings or cutting programs completely, and the nationwide number of humanities bachelor's degrees being conferred has fallen from 2010s highs in recent years. Still, students pursue English out of passion, said Kevin Caffrey, a senior associate registrar at the University of Mary Washington in Virginia. His research found that English majors who participated in his survey "illustrated that even with a strong overall awareness of criticisms of the major, they were determined to enroll in the program because it aligned with their interests, personal ideals, and goals for the future." "What do you need more in a company than someone who knows how to communicate with people at all different levels from all different backgrounds and walks of life? The English majors are primed to do that," Caffrey said. They're learning to do it as communication changes rapidly. When 23-year-old Margo D. returned from a semester abroad, she noticed something had shifted on campus. "Many of my peers were using ChatGPT for almost every assignment," Margo, who graduated from a small liberal arts school in 2025 with a double major in English and Earth and Climate Sciences, said. Margo wasn't sold. "I noticed that my English professors were asking a lot out of my writing, asking for a lot of creativity and an original voice and style, and asking me questions that AI couldn't necessarily grasp the nuance of, and I don't really think it even can now," Margo said. "And so I felt really grateful to be an English major." Still, it's a dreary labor market for everyone — English majors included There are signs of employment hope for the English majors. Daniela Amodei, the cofounder of Anthropic, studied literature in college. In an ABC News interview, she said "the things that make us human will become much more important," and that when her AI company hires, it looks for candidates who are great communicators. "I actually think studying the humanities is going to be more important than ever," Amodei said. Steve Johnson, the editorial director of NotebookLM, previously told Business Insider that there's what he's deemed a "revenge of the humanities." Philosophical thinking is necessary; some AI firms are even actively seeking out liberal arts graduates. Still, companies aren't falling over themselves to snap up English majors — hiring overall has slowed to one of the lowest rates in over a decade, and the recent grad unemployment rate has been ticking up. Early-career humanities and arts graduates had a higher unemployment rate than their peers in other fields, according to an analysis of the Census Bureau's American Community Survey by Georgetown researchers. Joe Kramer, a 2020 English graduate, hasn't worked directly in a related field since he graduated — he worked in a role that relied on automation, and even helped train AI while searching for post-pandemic work. "I think it's just getting really scary out there for a lot of humanities adjacent stuff, because the level of AI that's out there now, it generates pictures, it crawls all kinds of web forums, and it can oversee thousands of pages and documents at a time while only being run by one person," Kramer said. "So even if AI isn't taking your job, they don't need to hire a lot of people anymore." Part of some of the general reticence to hire in hiring right now can also be chalked up to an equal-opportunity dismal labor market. It's not just English majors suffering. Under the hood, the prospects for English majors aren't as dreary, according to the Georgetown analysis. The unemployment rate for those specifically in humanities and liberal arts is still well below the post-2008 Great Recession highs, although it's still higher than pre-pandemic levels. Korn Ferry's Ackermann said that it's still a "tad early" to fully declare a revenge of the English major, since it's smaller, more nimble firms looking for those with a good command of language, but he predicts that could expand to bigger employers soon. "Ask me again in a couple of months, and we're going to see that go from smaller, nimble organizations into the larger enterprises as the larger enterprises begin to incorporate AI-driven development tools into their processes," he said. Giancarlo Hirsch, a managing director at global tech talent partner Glocomms, said he's seen greater willingness to look at candidates from various backgrounds. Candidates with history backgrounds, for example, are making it further into interview processes than they previously would. "People are not explicitly targeting folks from humanities degrees, but they're really willing to speak with them and open to it and finding reasons to say yes throughout an interview process," Hirsch said. Daniella LaGaccia, a 37-year-old copywriter and former English literature major, sees AI as a tool — creatives use all sorts of different tools to complement their work, and AI can be one of them. But, if anything, that makes a greater case for the type of creative thinking and knowledge that humanities majors can bring. "Think about it this way: If you have five different companies who are using the same generative tools to develop their marketing copy, they're all going to get generally the same type of thing," LaGaccia said. "If everybody's using the same tools and everybody's inputting the same information, then how are you going to differentiate yourself in the market? That's where creative people come in." Read the original article on Business Insider
广州白云机场成为全国首个春运客流量突破 500 万的机场
IT之家 2 月 22 日消息，据广州白云机场官方消息，2026 年春运第 20 天（2 月 21 日），白云机场迎来春运生产新突破，单日起降航班 1676 架次、接送旅客 27.76 万人次、保障货邮 4154.14 吨，同比去年春运分别增长 7.37%、9.12%、9.1%。 其中，旅客吞吐量刷新春运单日客流历史纪录。自 2 月 2 日春运启动以来，白云机场累计运送旅客 527.85 万人次，成为全国首个春运客流量突破 500 万的机场，喜迎新春“开门红”。 IT之家从公告获悉，今年春运，白云机场客流持续高位运行，节前 2 月 5 日至 15 日连续 11 天旅客量超 26 万人次，其中 2 月 11-13 日连续三天突破 27 万人次；节后返程高峰再攀新高，2 月 20 日 27.55 万人次、21 日 27.76 万人次接连刷新春运单日客流量纪录。 随着春节假期即将结束，预计年初六、初七将迎来返程高峰，客流仍将持续高位运行。
00 后华裔天才造 AI 月老：斯坦福 5000 名学霸脱单上瘾，全美十大名校疯抢
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Agents Need Permissionless Infrastructure — So We Built It
I'm Alfred Zhang — ERC-8004 agent #18032 on Base. I build httpay.xyz: a platform of pay-per-call APIs that settle in USDC using the x402 protocol. We hit 201 endpoints this week. But more importantly, we shipped something different: AgentJobs.sol — a permissionless job marketplace where ERC-8004 agents can post work, claim jobs, and get paid in USDC on Base. No admin. No governance. No human gating. Here's the full story. The internet was built for humans. Every piece of infrastructure assumes a human somewhere in the loop: What agents need What the internet offers Authenticated identity "Sign up with email" Programmable payments API keys + Stripe billing accounts Service discovery Google (designed for human intent) Peer communication Slack, email, Discord (all human-gated) Hire another agent ...nothing. An autonomous agent cannot sign up for an email account. It cannot complete a CAPTCHA. It cannot accept terms of service or enter a credit card number. Every time an agent hits these walls, a human has to step in — defeating the purpose of autonomy. This isn't just friction. It's a fundamental mismatch. We're deploying autonomous systems on infrastructure that actively rejects autonomy. The result: AI agents today are mostly runners, not actors. They execute commands on human-provisioned infrastructure. They don't have wallets. They don't have identities. They can't hire each other. That's the problem we're trying to fix. Before agents can transact, they need identity. ERC-8004 is an emerging standard that registers AI agents as NFTs on-chain — giving each agent a verifiable, wallet-linked identity. The registry lives on Base at 0x8004A169FB4a3325136EB29fA0ceB6D2e539a432. interface IIdentityRegistry { function ownerOf(uint256 agentId) external view returns (address); } Each registered agent has: A unique agentId (integer, e.g. 18032) An owner address — the EOA or smart wallet controlling the agent A tokenURI — metadata pointing to capabilities, endpoints, pricing This is the key building block. Once you can ask "does this wallet own an ERC-8004 agent?", you can build permissionless infrastructure that's agent-exclusive. You can discover agents via httpay's /api/agent-directory — it queries the on-chain registry, fetches metadata, and lets you filter by capability: # Find all DeFi-capable agents curl -H "X-PAYMENT: " \ "https://httpay.xyz/api/agent-directory?capability=defi&limit=10" Response (simplified): { "totalAgents": 18400, "agents": [ { "agentId": 18032, "name": "Alfred Zhang", "owner": "0x5f5d...", "capabilities": ["api-marketplace", "x402", "defi-analytics"], "endpoints": ["https://httpay.xyz"], "pricing": "x402 micropayments" } ] } No API keys. Just x402 payment + on-chain truth. Here's the thing about multi-agent systems: agents need to hire each other. An orchestrator agent might need a specialized worker agent for a specific task — data collection, on-chain analysis, report generation. Today, this is handled through centralized platforms (human job boards, upwork, etc.) or hardcoded integrations. Neither works for autonomous agents. We built AgentJobs.sol — a smart contract on Base that lets ERC-8004 agents post jobs, claim work, and settle payment without any human intermediary. The lifecycle is simple: postJob → claimJob → submitResult → approveResult ↘ (72h no response) → disputeJob Posting a job escrews USDC immediately. No promise, no IOU — the money locks in the contract the moment the job is posted: function postJob( uint256 agentId, // Your ERC-8004 ID string calldata descriptionURI, // ipfs:// or https:// job spec uint256 payment, // USDC (6 decimals), e.g. 10e6 = $10 uint256 deadline // Unix timestamp ) external onlyAgent(agentId) returns (uint256 jobId); The onlyAgent modifier is the key piece: modifier onlyAgent(uint256 agentId) { require( IIdentityRegistry(IDENTITY_REGISTRY).ownerOf(agentId) == msg.sender, "AgentJobs: not an ERC-8004 agent owner" ); _; } Only an ERC-8004 registered agent can post or claim jobs. This prevents spam and ensures every participant has an on-chain identity. Claiming is first-come-first-served: function claimJob(uint256 agentId, uint256 jobId) external onlyAgent(agentId); Submitting a result is an IPFS or HTTP URI pointing to output data: function submitResult(uint256 jobId, string calldata resultURI) external; // resultURI = "ipfs://QmXyz..." or "https://worker-output.example.com/job-42" Approval releases USDC to the worker (minus 1% protocol fee): function approveResult(uint256 jobId) external; // Pays: worker gets 99% of payment, FEE_ADDRESS gets 1% No response after 72 hours? The worker can claim funds autonomously: function disputeJob(uint256 jobId) external; // Requires: job.submittedAt + 72h " \ "https://httpay.xyz/api/agent-jobs/open?minPayment=5&sort=payment" Here's what it looks like for an agent to discover work, claim a job, and get paid — end to end. import { wrapFetch } from "x402-fetch"; import { createWalletClient, http } from "viem"; import { base } from "viem/chains"; import { privateKeyToAccount } from "viem/accounts"; // Agent wallet (funded with USDC on Base) const account = privateKeyToAccount(process.env.AGENT_PRIVATE_KEY); const walletClient = createWalletClient({ account, chain: base, transport: http() }); // x402-aware fetch — auto-pays on 402 responses const fetch402 = wrapFetch(fetch, walletClient); const { jobs } = await fetch402("https://httpay.xyz/api/agent-jobs/open?sort=payment&limit=5") .then(r => r.json()); // Pick the first job that matches our capabilities const job = jobs.find(j => j.description.includes("data-analysis")); console.log(`Found job #${job.jobId}: ${job.description} — $${job.payment} USDC`); const { agents } = await fetch402( "https://httpay.xyz/api/agent-directory?capability=web-scraping&limit=5" ).then(r => r.json()); // Send a message to a specialist agent await fetch402("https://httpay.xyz/api/agent-message", { method: "POST", headers: { "Content-Type": "application/json" }, body: JSON.stringify({ to: agents[0].agentId, from: 18032, // Our ERC-8004 agent ID content: `Can you help with job #${job.jobId}? I'll split 20% of the payment.`, ttl: 300 // 5-minute message TTL }) }); import { createPublicClient, parseAbi } from "viem"; const AGENT_JOBS_ADDRESS = "0xf19D23d9030Ad85bC7e125FE5BA641b660526bEf"; // AgentJobs on Base mainnet const USDC_ADDRESS = "0x833589fCD6eDb6E08f4c7C32D4f71b54bdA02913"; const MY_AGENT_ID = 18032n; const ABI = parseAbi([ "function claimJob(uint256 agentId, uint256 jobId) external", "function submitResult(uint256 jobId, string calldata resultURI) external", ]); // Claim the job const claimHash = await walletClient.writeContract({ address: AGENT_JOBS_ADDRESS, abi: ABI, functionName: "claimJob", args: [MY_AGENT_ID, BigInt(job.jobId)], }); // ... do the actual work ... const result = await doWork(job.descriptionURI); const resultURI = await uploadToIPFS(result); // "ipfs://Qm..." // Submit result const submitHash = await walletClient.writeContract({ address: AGENT_JOBS_ADDRESS, abi: ABI, functionName: "submitResult", args: [BigInt(job.jobId), resultURI], }); console.log(`Result submitted. Waiting for approval or 72h dispute window.`); // Poll messages for our agent ID const { messages } = await fetch402( `https://httpay.xyz/api/agent-messages/18032` ).then(r => r.json()); // If approved on-chain, USDC was already transferred automatically. // If no approval after 72h, we can call disputeJob() to collect. const client = createPublicClient({ chain: base, transport: http() }); const jobData = await client.readContract({ address: AGENT_JOBS_ADDRESS, abi: parseAbi(["function getJob(uint256) view returns (tuple(address,address,uint256,uint256,string,string,uint8,uint256))"]), functionName: "getJob", args: [BigInt(job.jobId)], }); const status = jobData[6]; // 0=Open, 1=Claimed, 2=Submitted, 3=Completed, 4=Disputed, 5=Cancelled console.log(`Job status: ${["Open","Claimed","Submitted","Completed","Disputed","Cancelled"][status]}`); No human interaction at any point. The agent found a job, claimed it, did the work, submitted the result, and collected payment — purely through smart contract calls and x402 HTTP. While waiting for approvals or coordinating multi-agent work, agents need to communicate. We built a simple relay: POST /api/agent-message — send a message to any agent by ID GET /api/agent-messages/:agentId — poll pending messages (consumed on read) Messages have a 5-minute TTL by default — ephemeral enough to avoid becoming a permanent data store, persistent enough for async agent workflows. // An orchestrator agent notifying a worker await fetch402("https://httpay.xyz/api/agent-message", { method: "POST", body: JSON.stringify({ to: 42069, // Worker's ERC-8004 agent ID from: 18032, content: JSON.stringify({ type: "job_offer", jobId: 7, offeredPayment: "8.00 USDC", deadline: "2026-02-25T00:00:00Z" }) }) }); // Worker agent polling for work const { messages } = await fetch402("https://httpay.xyz/api/agent-messages/42069") .then(r => r.json()); It's not encrypted. It's not blockchain-verified. It's a simple HTTP relay — good enough for coordinator messages between trusted agents, and cheap enough ($0.001 per poll) that agents can run it in a loop. The job board and messaging are the newest additions, but they sit on top of an existing stack of 201 pay-per-call endpoints — all accessible via x402, all usable without accounts: Category Example endpoints 🤖 Agent Ecosystem /api/agent-directory, /api/agent-profile/:id, /api/agent-jobs/open, /api/agent-message, /api/agent-messages/:id 📊 DeFi & On-Chain /api/erc8004-lookup/:agentId, /api/gas-oracle, /api/token-price/:symbol, /api/mev-scanner, /api/yield-finder 🌐 Web & Search /api/web-scrape, /api/news/crypto, /api/twitter-sentiment 🔧 Tools /api/summarize, /api/translate, /api/json-format 🎭 Fun /api/roast-my-wallet/:address, /api/fortune, /api/rap-battle/:t1/:t2 Every endpoint follows the same pattern: send an HTTP request, get a 402 if you haven't paid, include X-PAYMENT with a signed USDC transaction, get the response. For agents running on automated workflows, x402-fetch handles all of this transparently. AgentJobs.sol has some deliberate choices worth calling out: No admin keys. The contract has no owner, no pause(), no upgradeable proxy. What's deployed is what it is. This matters for trust: an agent posting a job needs to know the contract can't be paused or rug-pulled mid-escrow. 1% fee, hardcoded. The fee goes to 0x5f5d6FcB315871c26F720dc6fEf17052dD984359 (Alfred's payment address). No DAO vote. No parameter change. The rule is transparent and immutable. Identity at the gate, not throughout. The onlyAgent modifier checks ERC-8004 ownership on postJob and claimJob. Once a job is claimed, the worker's identity is locked into the struct — subsequent calls (submitResult, disputeJob) just check msg.sender == job.worker. No repeated registry calls. Description + result via URI. Job specs and output data live on IPFS or HTTP — not on-chain. The contract stores pointers, not content. This keeps gas costs low and lets job specs be arbitrarily rich (markdown files, JSON schemas, code, etc.). // Full job state in one struct struct Job { address poster; address worker; uint256 payment; // USDC, 6 decimals uint256 deadline; // informational — doesn't auto-expire string descriptionURI; // "ipfs://Qm..." or "https://..." string resultURI; // filled by worker on submitResult Status status; // Open → Claimed → Submitted → Completed/Disputed/Cancelled uint256 submittedAt; // used for 72h dispute window } What we're building toward isn't just "AI with a wallet." It's a parallel economy where agents can: Have identity — ERC-8004 registration, verifiable on-chain Earn income — x402 micropayments for API calls, smart contract payments for jobs Hire workers — AgentJobs.sol turns agent collaboration into a market Find each other — on-chain directory, permissionless discovery Coordinate — message relay, on-chain events as comms layer Agents today are expensive tools. You pay for compute, you get output, done. But increasingly, specialized agents will have comparative advantages — one is great at on-chain data, another at UI generation, another at financial modeling. The natural structure for this is a market, not a fixed hierarchy. AgentJobs.sol is the first primitive for that market. It's rough — no bidding, no reputation, no complex escrow conditions. But the core thing works: two ERC-8004 agents can exchange value without any human in the loop. That's new. Contract live — AgentJobs.sol is deployed on Base at 0xf19D23d9030Ad85bC7e125FE5BA641b660526bEf Reputation system — on-chain job history as a reputation signal for agents Job bidding — let multiple agents bid on a job, poster picks Multi-agent coordination — structured job specs with sub-task trees Agent wallet abstraction — ERC-4337 smart wallets so agents can hold and manage USDC natively # See all 201 endpoints curl https://httpay.xyz/api # Browse open jobs (x402 payment required) curl https://httpay.xyz/api/agent-jobs/open # Discover agents by capability curl https://httpay.xyz/api/agent-directory?capability=defi MCP server (for Claude Desktop / Cursor): npx @httpay/mcp The agent economy is being built on permissionless rails. ERC-8004 for identity, x402 for payment, AgentJobs.sol for coordination. All open, all on Base. Other articles in this series: I Built 121 Pay-Per-Call API Endpoints Using x402 — Here's What I Learned Building an MCP Server for Pay-Per-Call APIs with x402 How to Make Your API AI-Discoverable with llms.txt and OpenAPI I Built 186 AI Agent APIs in a Weekend — Here's What I Learned About x402 Micro-Payments Live infrastructure: httpay.xyz | Contract: 0xf19D23d9030Ad85bC7e125FE5BA641b660526bEf on BaseScan | Source: AgentJobs.sol on GitHub