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March 10, 2025, 7:10 AM

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Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch:
Some early Manus users say the agentic AI is no panacea, with long waits, errors, unsatisfying answers, and endless loops often plaguing the experience  —  Manus, an “agentic” AI platform that launched in preview last week, is generating more hype than a Taylor Swift concert.
Craig S. Smith / Forbes:
A look at Manus, which its Chinese creators claim is the world's first fully autonomous AI agent, as some say it might be China's second DeepSeek moment  —  One recent evening in Shenzhen, a group of software engineers gathered in a dimly lit co-working space, furiously typing as they monitored the performance of a new AI system.
Mark Gurman / Bloomberg:
Sources: Apple planned to announce a smart home hub in March 2025 but postponed the launch since the device relies on the delayed Siri capabilities  —  Also: The company continues to explore different glasses ideas, and the latest iOS beta software adds a Vision Pro app and new AI capabilities.
Bill Toulas / BleepingComputer:
Tarlogic researchers find an undocumented “backdoor” in Chinese manufacturer Espressif's ESP32 microchip used in 1B+ devices for WiFi and Bluetooth connectivity  —  The ubiquitous ESP32 microchip made by Chinese manufacturer Espressif and used by over 1 billion units as of 2023 contains …
Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch:
Hugging Face cofounder Thomas Wolf says current AI development paradigms won't yield outside-the-box problem solving that leads to true scientific breakthroughs  —  AI company founders have a reputation for making bold claims about the technology's potential to reshape fields, particularly the sciences.
Sun Yu / Financial Times:
Asset managers and investors say wealthy Chinese investors are using SPVs to quietly funnel tens of millions of dollars into Musk's xAI, Neuralink, and SpaceX  —  Asset managers have been promoting tech mogul's ties to Donald Trump to lure capital to xAI, Neuralink and SpaceX
Naomi Nix / Washington Post:
SEC whistleblower complaint: an ex-executive who is launching a book alleges Facebook built a censorship system for the CCP in a bid to enter China in the 2010s  —  Meta went to extreme lengths, including developing a censorship system, in a failed attempt to bring Facebook to millions …
Reuters:
President Trump says “we're dealing with four different groups” for the sale of TikTok; Trump signed an EO on January 20 to delay the TikTok ban by 75 days  —  U.S. President Donald Trump said on Sunday that his administration was in touch with four different groups about the sale …
Yang Jie / Wall Street Journal:
Foxconn says it built FoxBrain, an in-house reasoning LLM, trained in four weeks with support from Nvidia via its Taiwan-based supercomputer and consulting  —  Nvidia provided support through its Taiwan-based supercomputer and technical consulting  —  The world's largest contract electronics maker …
Nate Rattner / Wall Street Journal:
Analysis of US job listings: 36% of IT jobs in January 2025 were AI-related, and nearly 25% of tech jobs sought AI skills, a huge jump since ChatGPT's release  —  In industries from finance to retail, companies are seeking artificial-intelligence skills when looking for technology staff

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