標題: China’s AI boom is reaching astonishing proportions

What might derail it?

正文：JUST hours after the launch on March 6th of Manus, a Chinese artificial-intelligence (AI) bot, a flood of visitors caused its registration site to crash. Butterfly Effect, the company behind the bot, claims its technology outperforms that of OpenAI, maker of ChatGPT. It is now granting previews by invitation only as it struggles to handle the traffic. Touts are said to be selling registration codes.

知識點 ：launch v.

to start or introduce something new, such as a product or project. 推出，發布

e.g. The company plans to launch a new AI bot next month.（該公司計劃下個月推出一款新的AI機器人。）

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