April 02, 2025

🌀 Manus’s viral AI agent now has a price tag

Plus:

AI system that speaks dog language

Jason Nguyen
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Hey there, AI enthusiasts. After gaining viral popularity as a free service, Manus AI is now testing whether the market values AI task automation enough to pay monthly.

This transition signals confidence in their product and tests whether the market is ready to pay for AI assistants.

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In Today’s AI Daily:

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  • Manus AI transitions to premium subscription model starting at $39/month
  • ElevenLabs creates first AI system that translates human text to dog barks
  • AlphaFold 3 revolutionizes molecular modeling with unprecedented accuracy
  • Alibaba prepares to launch Qwen 3 amid intensifying Chinese AI competition
  • Unitree's new Dex5 hand features 94 touch sensors for natural movement
LATEST DEVELOPMENTS
MANUS AI

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💰 Manus AI launches premium plans starting at $39/month

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The AI Daily: Manus, the viral AI agent platform from China, has officially rolled out its first paid subscription plans, moving from a beta to a premium service with two pricing tiers.

Key notes:

  • The basic plan costs $39/month, offering 3,900 credits and the ability to run 2 tasks at once.
  • The premium plan at $199/month provides 19,900 credits, 5 simultaneous tasks, and priority access during high-traffic periods.
  • Extra credits are available to buy if you run out.
  • Manus has released an iOS app, allowing users to manage their AI agents on mobile devices.
  • The platform has upgraded to Anthropic's Claude 3.7 Sonnet, boosting its underlying AI capabilities.

Why it matters: Manus is one of the first AI task platforms to start charging money after becoming popular. Many similar tools are still free to test, but Manus is now seeing if users will pay for their AI assistants to handle tasks. This shows that Manus believes in their product and needs to make money to keep up with their growing number of users.

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ELEVENLABS

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🐶 ElevenLabs unveils AI system that speaks dog language

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The AI Daily: ElevenLabs just unveiled Text to Bark, the world’s first AI tool that turns written text into lifelike dog barks. It builds on their earlier tools like text-to-speech and speech-to-text, but now focuses on helping humans “talk” to dogs.

Key notes:

  • Users can type a message, pick a dog breed, and hear the message as breed-specific barking.
  • Tests show 95% of dogs couldn’t tell the difference between real and AI barks.
  • ElevenLabs trained Llama 3 to understand how dogs communicate through sound.
  • Enterprise features include APIs, safety tools, and a fun “2-Factor Pawthentication” system.
  • A “Bark to Text” tool can turn dog sounds into human language.

Why it matters: This is a big step in helping humans and animals understand each other. While it might seem like a fun idea, the technology behind it could help with dog training, animal care, and even wildlife research. It shows how AI can learn to work with sounds beyond just human speech.

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ISOMORPHIC LABS

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🔬 AlphaFold 3 sees all of life's molecules in 3D

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The AI Daily: Isomorphic Labs and Google DeepMind just launched AlphaFold 3, a powerful new AI that can predict the 3D shapes of all kinds of biological molecules—not just proteins like before. This marks a big step forward in science and medicine.

Key notes:

  • AlphaFold 3 can model the 3D structure of proteins, DNA, RNA, and small molecules like drugs.
  • It’s the first AI to do better than traditional physics-based tools for molecule prediction.
  • Drug companies are already using it to help design new medicines.
  • Scientists say it’s 50% more accurate than before, even without extra structure data.
  • A free AlphaFold Server gives researchers everywhere access to this tool.

Why it matters: Understanding molecule shapes helps scientists create better medicines and study diseases. In the past, this work was slow and expensive. Now, AlphaFold 3 can do it in just minutes. Because it's fast, cheap, and available to everyone, more scientists can use it. This could help them discover new treatments for diseases and make breakthroughs in medicine and farming.

AI NEWS & INSIGHTS
FAST TRACKS

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Alibaba plans to release Qwen 3, a new version of its main AI model, as early as this month. The upgrade comes as competition heats up in the Chinese AI market.

Unitree unveiled off the Dex5 Dexterous Hand, which has 20 joints and 94 touch sensors. It can move smoothly and respond to force in a very natural way.

MiniMax released Speech-02, an audio AI tool that turns files or links into realistic speech. It supports very long inputs (up to 200,000 characters), over 30 languages, unlimited voice cloning, and near-instant playback.

Tinder launched “The Game Game,” an AI chat game for iOS users in the U.S. It helps people practice flirting with AI characters and get feedback to improve their conversation skills.

OpenAI introduced Academy, a free learning platform that teaches people about AI. It's made to help anyone—no matter their background—learn how to use AI in daily life, work, or community projects.

Qualcomm acquired MovianAI, the AI division of Vietnamese startup VinAI. Led by a former Google DeepMind researcher, this move helps Qualcomm boost its AI work in phones, computers, and smart cars.

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