{"slug": "show-hn-argutum-an-ai-chat-that-pays-you-per-message-scored-in-real-time", "title": "Show HN: Argutum – an AI chat that pays you per message, scored in real time", "summary": "Argutum, a new AI chat platform, pays users for high-quality messages scored in real time across five dimensions, with scores above 75 earning up to $0.085 per message. Users can request PayPal payouts once their balance reaches $0.50.", "body_md": "Argutum works like any AI chat — ask questions, get answers, think through problems. The difference: every message you send is scored for quality, and the good ones pay you real money.\n\nHow it works\n\nAsk questions, explore ideas, work through problems. Argutum is a fully capable AI assistant — use it however you'd use ChatGPT or Claude.\n\nBehind the scenes, each message you send is graded across five dimensions: complexity, novelty, structure, domain expertise, and depth. You see the score after every reply.\n\nHigh-quality messages are worth real money as AI training data. Scores above 75 earn up to $0.085 each. Request a PayPal payout whenever your balance hits $0.50.\n\nEarnings tiers\n\nBased on market rates for AI fine-tuning datasets. Scores are calculated per message.\n\nScore range\n\n0 – 24\n\nPer message\n\n—\n\nBelow sellable threshold\n\nScore range\n\n25 – 49\n\nPer message\n\n$0.006 – $0.012\n\nScore range\n\n50 – 74\n\nPer message\n\n$0.025 – $0.037\n\nScore range\n\n75 – 100\n\nPer message\n\n$0.064 – $0.085\n\nMinimum payout threshold: $0.50 · Paid via PayPal", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/show-hn-argutum-an-ai-chat-that-pays-you-per-message-scored-in-real-time", "canonical_source": "https://argutum.com", "published_at": "2026-07-08 12:10:13+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-07-08 12:30:57.827814+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["ai-tools", "generative-ai", "large-language-models"], "entities": ["Argutum", "ChatGPT", "Claude", "PayPal"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/show-hn-argutum-an-ai-chat-that-pays-you-per-message-scored-in-real-time", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/show-hn-argutum-an-ai-chat-that-pays-you-per-message-scored-in-real-time.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/show-hn-argutum-an-ai-chat-that-pays-you-per-message-scored-in-real-time.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/show-hn-argutum-an-ai-chat-that-pays-you-per-message-scored-in-real-time.jsonld"}}