China’s Manus AI ‘agent’ could be our 1st glimpse at artificial general intelligence

Chinese scientists have unveiled an artificial intelligence (AI) “agent” that makes its own decisions without requiring specific instructions from a human operator.

The AI agent, Manus, was developed by Chinese startup Butterfly Effect. Its representatives claim it is the world’s first general AI agent — meaning it demonstrates a level of autonomy that current AI models lack. The scientists who created Manus say it shows a…