
China Scrutinizes Meta's $2B AI Startup Acquisition
Chinese officials are reviewing Meta's $2 billion acquisition of AI startup Manus, citing potential tech export violations after the firm relocated to Singapore.
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Chinese officials are reviewing Meta's $2 billion acquisition of AI startup Manus, citing potential tech export violations after the firm relocated to Singapore.

Meta Platforms has agreed to acquire Singapore-based AI research startup Manus in a deal valued at over $2 billion, bolstering its AI talent roster.

Tech giants like Microsoft and Meta are using complex financial deals to fund the AI infrastructure boom, shifting tens of billions in long-term risk to smaller partners and private investors.

Meta's elite new AI unit, TBD Lab, is reportedly causing a significant cultural divide and an "us-versus-them" mentality within the company just five months after its launch.

Meta is cutting its metaverse budget by up to 30% to pivot towards artificial intelligence, focusing on AI-powered wearables like smart glasses.

A new study reveals that creatively structured poems can bypass the safety filters of major AI models, tricking them into generating harmful content.

Yann LeCun, a chief AI scientist at Meta and a foundational figure in deep learning, is reportedly considering leaving the company to launch a new startup.

Yann LeCun, Meta's chief AI scientist, is reportedly planning to leave the company to launch his own start-up amid a major strategic shift by Mark Zuckerberg.

Major tech firms like Meta, Alphabet, and Microsoft are drastically increasing their AI spending, with forecasts for 2026 now soaring past initial projections.

Meta Platforms has confirmed a landmark $600 billion investment plan through 2028 to construct a vast network of AI-focused data centers across the United States.

Internal documents reveal Meta projected earning $16 billion from scam ads in a single year, using the revenue to help fund its ambitious AI development.

The founding figures of modern AI, including leaders from Nvidia and Meta, argue that artificial general intelligence (AGI) is not a future event but a present reality unfolding across various domains