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China Blocks Meta's $2B Acquisition of AI Startup Manus Amid Geopolitical Tensions

Chinese regulators halted Meta's purchase of agentic AI firm Manus, citing national security, after founders were barred from leaving the country. The deal, struck after Manus hit $90M ARR, underscores Beijing's strategy to retain AI talent and tech sovereignty. This follows DeepSeek's Huawei-trained V4 release, signaling China's push for independent AI stacks.

Energy tomshardware.com

Kevin O'Leary's 9GW Utah AI Data Center Campus Approved to Challenge China

Shark Tank star Kevin O'Leary's O'Leary Ventures secured approval for a massive off-grid hyperscale data center in Box Elder County, Utah, consuming more power than the entire state generates. The 40,000-acre project aims to fuel AI compute and rival China's dominance in energy-intensive AI infrastructure.

Models theaiinsider.tech

Multiverse Computing Releases LittleLamb: Ultra-Compact 0.3B AI Models for Edge Devices

Multiverse launched three LittleLamb models on Hugging Face: general, tool-calling, and mobile variants, compressed 50% from Qwen3-0.6B for bilingual edge AI. They outperform peers on benchmarks with dual thinking/non-thinking modes for low-latency tasks. Targets mobile, offline, and agentic apps.

AI theconversation.com

OpenAI Discontinues Sora Video Model, Raising Questions on AI Creativity Tools

OpenAI shut down its Sora text-to-video app on April 26, with API sunsetting in September, citing strategic shifts to robotics and other priorities. The move highlights challenges in scaling generative video amid deepfake concerns and underwhelming adoption. Analysts see it as a pivot from flashy demos to practical AI.

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