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Manus to Resume Independent Operations as Meta’s $2bn Deal Unwinds

Manus said its separation from Meta requires the deletion of some user data generated since the acquisition closed on 29 December 2025.

Manus said on Tuesday it will soon return to operating as an independent company, unwinding Meta’s $2 billion acquisition after Chinese regulators ordered the deal reversed in April. Data generated by some users since 29 December 2025 will be deleted later this month as part of the separation.

Kimi K3 Launch: OpenAI’s Strategist Calls Open-weight Models “AI Communism”; AI for Public Good as “Dystopian Hellscape”

Dean Ball, Head of Strategic Futures at OpenAI, called open-weight models "full AI communism" days after Moonshot AI launched Kimi K3. | Image: AI FrontPage.

Days after Moonshot AI released Kimi K3, the world’s first open-weight 3T model, OpenAI’s Head of Strategic Futures Dean Ball described open-weight AI as “full AI communism” and the vision of AI as a state-provided public good as a “dystopian hellscape”.