Manus AI is reportedly the world's first fully autonomous AI agent. But what does that mean? And what is it capable of?

In China’s fast-moving tech landscape, innovation rarely hits pause. Just weeks after DeepSeek’s R1 model stirred the AI waters, a new player has stepped into t

Manus wasn’t developed entirely from scratch. According to reports on social media, the platform uses a combination of existing and fine-tuned AI models, including Anthropic’s Claude and Alibaba’s Qwen, to perform tasks such as drafting research reports and analyzing financial filings.

Some early users were enthusiastic about the product’s capabilities; others complained it took too long and crashed.

Unlike ChatGPT, Claude, and other single-model systems, Manus claims to be the "world's first general AI agent" by using multiple AI models working in tandem — such as Anthropic's Claude 3.5 Sonnet, Qwen, and various independent agents to tackle a wide range of tasks.

A powerful new AI tool Manus is making waves in China, fuelling hopes that it could replicate the success of DeepSeek, which earlier this year rattled the global tech industry with its state-of-the-art chatbot.

Manus, a cutting-edge AI agent from China, surpasses chatbots by executing tasks autonomously. Learn about its capabilities, limitations, and potential.