The Download: China’s AI agent boom, and GPS alternatives
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Summary
Manus, an AI agent designed to autonomously complete tasks for users, has sparked a boom in China.
Many startups are following in its wake, developing general digital tools that can create website designs or plan vacations.
This comes as Xona Space Systems sets to launch a navigation system to improve on the US GPS, which can be disrupted easily.
Researchers are attempting to understand the link between body and mind, and how expectancy can influence the impact of medicines.
Pfizer’s Covid vaccine, for example, is more effective among people who believe it will work.
Other stories today include the reported threats from Elon Musk to cut off NASA’s use of SpaceX, delays to Apple and Alibaba’s AI rollout in China, and Reddit’s deal with Google to use AI-generated images.