Meta has introduced a major update to its recently acquired AI platform, Manus, releasing a desktop application called My Computer. Moving beyond its original cloud-based environment, this system runs locally on your Mac or PC, turning your machine into an autonomous personal AI agent.
The application allows the AI to interact directly with your workspace, execute command-line instructions, and manage local files to automate tedious daily workflows.
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My Computer app brings automated file management and routine administrative tasks
Through the Manus Desktop app, the system gains the ability to read, analyze, and edit local files by executing instructions directly in your computer’s terminal. This allows it to handle large volumes of unstructured data quickly. For example, a user can instruct the system to organize thousands of unsorted photos, and Manus will scan the images, categorize them into subfolders, and sort them automatically.
Similarly, it can rename hundreds of invoices to a standard format in minutes, drastically reducing the time spent on manual administrative work.
It can build apps and utilize idle hardware resources
Beyond basic file organization, My Computer extends its capabilities into software development. By interacting with programming environments like Python, Node.js, and Swift already installed on your machine, the AI can build applications from scratch. Manus recently demonstrated this by creating a real-time translation and subtitle app on macOS entirely through terminal commands, managing the coding, debugging, and packaging processes independently.
The system can also utilize your computer’s idle GPU power to train machine learning models, turning an always-on desktop or Mac mini into a persistent assistant that executes tasks remotely.
It can maintain privacy and direct user control over the system
To address obvious security concerns regarding an AI with terminal access, Manus requires explicit user approval before executing any command. You have the option to approve actions individually or configure the system to allow specific, trusted tasks to run automatically.
The My Computer capability is available now through the Manus Desktop application for both Windows and Apple Silicon-based Mac users.
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