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Such issues can affect productivity, especially in high-pressure or time-sensitive environments. Another concern is Manus’s reliance on existing models like Anthropic’s Claude and Alibaba’s Qwen.

The company also intends to continue upgrading the AI models that power its platform. Currently, Manus primarily uses Anthropic’s Claude 3.7 Sonnet and customized versions of Alibaba’s Qwen.

According to Alibaba, the Qwen model family has attracted more than 300m downloads worldwide since their debut, with developers creating more than 100,000 Qwen-based derivative models on Hugging Face.

Alibaba also has $23.1 billion in cash and short-term investments, as well as $47.4 billion in equity and other investments on its balance sheet, which accounts for over 20% of its market cap.

Manus relies on fine-tuned versions of existing models like Anthropic’s Claude and Alibaba’s Qwen, rather than a fully proprietary system. This has led some to question its originality and whether its ...