Day: August 21, 2026

In February 2026, a robot dog named Bits paid for its own electricity. No human approved the transaction. No card was swiped. The charge went out as a USDC nano-payment, settled on-chain, agent to charger,

A project director recently lost contact with a client. Not because he quit answering calls. His AI agent stopped letting messages through. The client, an AI expert, had set up bots to manage his inbox