Manus Becomes Cautionary Tale As China Blocks Meta Deal

The AI startup Menes was once a high-profile success story. Now, it's turning into a cautionary tale. Chinese authorities on Monday ordered Meta to unwind its $2 billion acquisition company.Menes' founders got their start in China, but relocated their headquarters to Singapore last year. The startup's hit agentic AI services can operate autonomously when given directions. That's an especially promising new avenue for AI [music] tech.Although the deal was announced months ago, Beijing said simply it wasn't a ...