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According to Bloomberg, Manus AI, a general-purpose AI agent from Chinese startup Butterfly Effect, has secured $75 million in funding. This translates to approximately 547 million RMB and was led by Benchmark, a prominent US venture capital firm, with participation from existing investors. This round catapults Butterfly Effect's valuation to nearly $500 million, a fourfold increase, reflecting strong market confidence in its product. Image note: Image generated by AI, image rights reserved.

Ireland's Data Protection Commission (DPC) has announced an investigation into Elon Musk's social media platform X (formerly Twitter) over concerns that it may have used publicly available posts from EU users to train its Grok AI chatbot without transparency or legal basis. The investigation centers on XIUC (X Internet Unlimited Company) becoming the official controller of EU user data from April 1, 2023, previously under the name Twi…

This project details the creation of Pusa, a high-quality open-source video model built with a budget under $100. It leverages Mochi fine-tuning for efficient and cost-effective training, demonstrating the feasibility of achieving impressive results with minimal resources.

Google recently announced the official pricing for its Gemini 2.5 Pro API. For input tokens up to 200,000, the base price is $1.25 per million input tokens, approximately 9.1 RMB; while the price for every million output tokens is $10, approximately 72.9 RMB. For longer texts exceeding 200,000 input tokens, the input price adjusts to $2.50 per million, approximately 18.2 RMB.

On March 31, Qianxun Intelligence (Spirit AI), a leading company in the embodied AI field, announced the completion of a Pre-A round of funding totaling 528 million RMB. This round was led by Prosperity7 Ventures (P7), an affiliate of Aramco Ventures, with participation from several renowned investors including China Merchants Venture Capital, GF Securities, Jingya Capital, Orient Capital, and Huacontrol Investment.

RF-DETR is an open-source, real-time object detection model that allows for the detection of objects within images and videos. It is commercially usable, making it a versatile tool for various applications.

theseriousadult, the key developer behind Midjourney's V2 through V7 models, announced their departure from the company on X. Over three years at Midjourney, this developer spearheaded multiple model iterations, renowned for their focus on aesthetics and creativity, and their work has received widespread industry acclaim. Following their departure, theseriousadult announced joining Cursor to develop AI programming agents. This new role...

Google recently announced a major upgrade to the image generation capabilities of its AI development platform, Google AI Studio. This update significantly reduces the rate of safety misclassifications while significantly improving usability, providing users with a more efficient and accurate AI generation experience. Google AI Studio, a generative AI platform for developers, supports the integration of multimodal models such as text and images. This optimization of the image generation feature addresses previous issues caused by overly strict safety filters that led to misclassifications. The new version...

On March 17, Beijing Shengshu Technology Co., Ltd. announced that its video large model product, Vidu, has reached a strategic cooperation with Aura Productions, a renowned American animation studio, to jointly create the first overseas AI-original sci-fi anime series. This collaboration marks the formal integration of AI technology into the anime production workflow, setting a precedent for AI video generation platforms to participate in the creation of anime shorts and propelling the animation industry into a new AI-driven era.

On March 12th, the tech world was once again ignited by the Chinese AI newcomer, Manus. According to ManusAI, since the product's launch on March 6th, within just 7 days, 2 million people globally have joined the waitlist. This world's first general-purpose AI Agent, created by a Chinese team of 90s-born individuals led by Monica, has sparked heated discussions with its powerful capabilities surpassing traditional AI assistants. Manus not only provides suggestions or answers questions but also delivers complete task results directly, earning it the title of the perfect combination of mind and hand.

Manus AI, a general-purpose AI agent developed by Chinese startup Monica, has resumed normal operations after a brief social media crisis. Positioned as the world's first autonomous AI agent, the product can handle complex real-world tasks such as creating websites, analyzing stock market trends, and planning travel itineraries. Its performance in early 2025 was lauded by the media as a pride of Chinese AI, ranking alongside models like DeepSeek. On March 7th, the official Manus AI X account was suddenly suspended; the initial reason points to mentions from third parties.