Chinese startup Butterfly Effect has unveiled what it claims is the first general AI agent capable of acting autonomously.

BI got early access to Manus, which claims to be the world's first fully autonomous AI agent.It structured tasks well but stumbled in execution — hallucinating data and creating clunky designs.Here's how it did at capturing public opinion on DOGE and building a startup from scratch.

The Manus AI agent from China has created a lot of hype, but how does it work and what are its capabilities? Go through our Manus AI explainer.