Some early users were enthusiastic about the product’s capabilities; others complained it took too long and crashed.

Manus wasn’t developed entirely from scratch. According to reports on social media, the platform uses a combination of existing and fine-tuned AI models, including Anthropic’s Claude and Alibaba’s Qwen, to perform tasks such as drafting research reports and analyzing financial filings.

Manus AI isn’t a breakthrough—it’s just another LLM executing scripted workflows. True AI success lies in integration, specialization and human oversight.