HONG KONG -- Excitement is mingling with skepticism as Chinese tech companies that hope to be seen as "the next DeepSeek" roll out one artificial intelligence breakthrough after another.
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Manus AI claims to have realized the world's "first universal AI agent" that can do everything from screening resumes to researching real estate and analyzing stocks. (Screenshot from Manus website)
HONG KONG -- Excitement is mingling with skepticism as Chinese tech companies that hope to be seen as "the next DeepSeek" roll out one artificial intelligence breakthrough after another.