Manus-Meta deal may draw Beijing scrutiny over tech exports controls, experts say

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The more than US$2 billion acquisition of agentic AI start-up Manus by US social media giant Meta Platforms could face scrutiny from Beijing over technology export controls, experts warn.The sale of Manus, a Singapore-based but Chinese-founded AI agent developer, could raise compliance questions around Beijing’s technology export regime, and expectations that the company can fully decouple from China may be “oversimplified”, said Cui Fan, a professor at the University of International Business...