AI firm Manus to resume 'independent' operations after China blocks Meta deal
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Channel News Asia
South China Morning Post
11 Aug, 16:45over 2 hours11 Aug, 19:13
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Tue, 11 August 2026
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China’s regulatory ban forced Manus to cancel its acquisition by Meta and resume independent operations.
- South China Morning Post19:13
Facebook owner Meta Platforms is set to fully unwind its acquisition of Chinese-founded artificial intelligence platform Manus, more than three months after Beijing blocked the deal on national security grounds, capping off another high-profile decoupling between the US and China in the critical area of AI. On Tuesday, Manus wrote in a note to users that it would delete data by “certain users” generated on or after December 29, when Meta acquired the start-up, as part of the company’s...