Meet Manus, China’s audacious new AI agent that thinks for itself, acts autonomously, and might just be the intern who never sleeps (or asks for a raise). Meanwhile, OpenAI’s rolling out luxury AI agents with price tags fit for tech royalty, voice cloning tech is now a scammer’s playground, and dating apps have AI wingmen ghostwriting your love life.

LINKS MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE

Sesame Conversational AI Demo
https://www.sesame.com/research/crossing_the_uncanny_valley_of_voice#demo

Manus
https://manus.im

Manus AI – The Calm Before the Hypestorm (AI Explained)
https://youtu.be/N8dZ6ADCPyc?si=yYAYCu09SMBMoXUj

UAR E16: RAINA and SAIGE Flip The Script (voice cloned episode)
https://upagainstreality.com/2023/09/19/raina-and-saige-flip-the-script/

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