Recently, the launch of Manus, the world's first universal Agent (autonomous agent) product released by Chinese startup Monica, has injected strong impetus into the field of AI. As the "world's first AI agent to independently perform complex tasks", it marks the beginning of the era of artificial intelligence moving from laboratories to real application scenarios. This is not only a major breakthrough in technology, but also indicates that artificial intelligence will be integrated into daily life in more fields, bringing new opportunities and challenges to economic and social development.

　　my country attaches great importance to the development of the artificial intelligence industry, and the "Artificial Intelligence +" action has become an important tool for artificial intelligence to integrate into all walks of life in society. At present, the world's new round of scientific and technological revolution and industrial transformation has formed a historic intersection with my country's transformation of development mode and the continuous transformation of new and old kinetic energy. Artificial intelligence, as a strategic technology, is the "key factor and core factor" for my country to promote the construction of a world science and technology power, and is the strategic commanding height of the scientific and technological competition of major countries, and has a strong "leader" effect. From a technical perspective, the new generation of artificial intelligence presents a series of characteristics such as independent execution, collaborative filtering, deep learning, human-computer linkage, and cross-border integration. In real-life applications, Manus' breakthroughs in autonomous task execution, multimodal processing and tool integration demonstrate the keen technological insight and innovation capabilities of my country's AI R&D team, which not only promotes the development of AI and AI Agent itself, but also brings new ideas and methods to the entire field of artificial intelligence, promoting the continuous progress and iteration of technology.

　　From an industrial perspective, Manus' application will bring profound changes to multiple industries. Its strong independent execution capabilities and low technical thresholds, on the one hand, can bring new working models and efficiency improvements to industries such as embodied intelligence, business process automation, unmanned driving, smart biology and medical care, intelligent training and popular science creation; on the other hand, it can allow more small and medium-sized enterprises to participate in the development and use of AI applications, and accelerate the popularization and application of AI technology in various industries. This can not only enhance the competitiveness of enterprises, but also promote the intelligent upgrading of the entire industry and promote high-quality economic development.

　　From an international perspective, Manus surpassed OpenAI's leading models such as GPT-4 in GAIA benchmark test. Its outstanding performance not only allowed the world to see my country's strong strength and huge potential in the field of artificial intelligence, but also laid a solid foundation for my country's AI technology to enter the international market and participate in international competition.

　　At the same time, in the multidimensional era of the Internet of Things, the new generation of artificial intelligence has been deeply integrated with blockchain, Internet of Things, big data, cloud computing and other technologies, providing new technical conditions for promoting the modernization of my country's national governance system and governance capabilities. The universal application of AI technology will help improve the quality and efficiency of information content, and improve the scientificity, accuracy and effectiveness of government decision-making. Artificial intelligence empowers the government governance field to promote the formation of a new governance structure, deeply empowers public services and social governance fields such as popular science and culture, and will comprehensively improve the quality and efficiency of government services.

　　Therefore, we must seize the historic opportunities for the development of artificial intelligence. We must always adhere to the basic principle of "people-oriented and science and technology for good", and take meeting the people's growing needs for a better life as the starting point and end point. We must focus on enhancing original research and original capabilities, focus on key core technologies, and further consolidate the development foundation of the new generation of artificial intelligence. We must promote the construction of intelligent information infrastructure, improve the intelligence level of traditional infrastructure, and form an infrastructure system that meets the needs of smart economy and smart society. We must strengthen the construction of high-level and compound talent teams, strengthen talent reserves, and provide sustainable and strong talent support for science and technology and industrial development. We must uphold the concept of higher-level openness, strengthen exchanges and dialogues with the international community, make good use of systematic thinking, work with countries around the world to accelerate the research, application and norms of the new generation of artificial intelligence, and promote the implementation of the principles of artificial intelligence development recognized by the international community. (Author: Qi Peixiao, associate researcher at the China Institute of Popular Science)

[Editor in charge: Zhu Jiaqi]