Manus AI agent is becoming a subscription service with two pricing tiers at $39 and $199 per month, according to Bloomberg News. The Beijing-based startup’s move to monetize comes shortly after its beta release this month. The premium tier allows users to run up to five simultaneous tasks and provides additional computation credits. The AI … Read more
Amazon has introduced Nova Act, a new AI agent that can control a web browser to perform simple actions. According to Maxwell Zeff of TechCrunch, the technology will also power features in Amazon’s upcoming Alexa+ upgrade. Developers can access the Nova Act SDK to build agent prototypes that automate tasks like ordering food or making … Read more
AI agents have quickly become one of the hottest topics in artificial intelligence, promising to transform the way creative professionals and marketers work. You’ve probably encountered headlines touting tools like ChatGPT Deep Research, OpenAI’s Operator, Google’s Agentspace, or Anthropic’s Claude with its “Computer Use” feature. These technologies claim to autonomously perform complex tasks—from in-depth market … Read more
At the GPU Technology Conference (GTC) 2025, Nvidia announced a new family of AI models called Llama Nemotron designed to enhance reasoning capabilities for autonomous AI agents. These models are based on Meta’s open-source Llama models but have been refined through post-training optimization techniques to improve their performance in complex tasks such as multistep math, … Read more
Adobe has unveiled new AI agent tools that help automate marketing and sales processes. The Adobe Experience Agent Orchestrator, announced at the Adobe Summit, can manage multiple AI agents working with customer data. According to SiliconANGLE, Adobe released ten pre-built “Experience Agents” that perform specialized tasks like evaluating sales leads, optimizing audience segments, and generating … Read more
The tech industry continues to promote AI agents as transformative tools, but lacks consensus on what they actually are. According to TechCrunch reporters Maxwell Zeff and Kyle Wiggers, major companies like OpenAI, Microsoft, and Salesforce are using inconsistent definitions, creating confusion. OpenAI even contradicted itself, publishing different explanations in the same week. Ryan Salva, senior … Read more
Signal President Meredith Whittaker has raised serious concerns about the privacy implications of agentic AI systems. Speaking at SXSW in Austin, Texas, Whittaker described using AI agents as “putting your brain in a jar” and highlighted significant security vulnerabilities. According to Sarah Perez’s reporting for TechCrunch, these AI systems would require extensive permissions to perform … Read more
OpenAI has released a new suite of tools designed to help developers build AI agents similar to the company’s own Deep Research and Operator. The new offerings include the Responses API and the open-source Agents SDK, which provide developers with the building blocks to create AI applications that can search the web, analyze files, and … Read more
Manus, an AI agent developed by Chinese startup Butterfly Effect, has generated significant buzz in the tech world. Described as “the first general AI agent” capable of autonomously executing complex tasks, Manus has been hailed by some as China’s second “DeepSeek moment” – referring to the earlier breakthrough when Chinese AI model DeepSeek R1 outperformed … Read more
Salesforce has unveiled Agentforce 2dx, a platform that enables AI agents to work autonomously across enterprise systems without constant human supervision. The system represents a shift from reactive AI interactions to proactive agents that monitor systems and initiate processes independently. Michael Nuñez of VentureBeat reports that this release marks a significant evolution from previous approaches … Read more