Beijing’s move to halt Meta’s Manus acquisition sharpens the U.S.-China AI rivalry and signals a tougher push for sovereign control over advanced artificial intelligence.

China’s National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) today announced that, in accordance with laws and regulations, it has issued a decision

China competition has expanded beyond chips and models to areas of engineering and product design, analyst says.

China’s top economic planner has blocked Meta’s planned $2 billion purchase of AI startup Manus after a national security review, ordering the deal’s cancellation. The move underscores Beijing’s tightening control over cross-border transactions ...

Chinese AI startup Manus is reportedly rolling out a feature that would allow broad research by assigning tasks to scores of AI agents working in tandem, in potentially the biggest update since launching its signature artificial intelligence platform in March.

The widely watched case of US tech giant Meta acquiring Chinese-founded AI startup Manus has taken a new turn. On April 27, the National Development and Reform Commission announced Monday that the office of the foreign investment security review working mechanism has,

As 2026 dawned, Meta announced a $2 billion acquisition of Manus, a fast-rising artificial intelligence firm specializing in agentic AI. What promised to be a seamless union of U.S. platform power and seemingly stateless frontier technology was soon ...