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Manus – The First True AI Agent?

2025/3/18
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Meet Manus, China’s audacious new AI agent that thinks for itself, acts autonomously, and might just be the intern who never sleeps (or asks for a raise). Meanwhile, OpenAI’s rolling out luxury AI agents with price tags fit for tech royalty, voice cloning tech is now a scammer’s playground, and dating apps have AI wingmen ghostwriting your love life.

LINKS MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE

Sesame Conversational AI Demohttps://www.sesame.com/research/crossing_the_uncanny_valley_of_voice#demo)

Manushttps://manus.im)

Manus AI – The Calm Before the Hypestorm (AI Explained)https://youtu.be/N8dZ6ADCPyc?si=yYAYCu09SMBMoXUj)

UAR E16: RAINA and SAIGE Flip The Script (voice cloned episode)https://upagainstreality.com/2023/09/19/raina-and-saige-flip-the-script/)

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