Manus to Go Independent Again as Meta Deal Unwinds
Manus said it will soon resume operating as an independent company, confirming the unwind of Meta’s $2 billion purchase after Beijing ordered the deal reversed.
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Manus said it will soon resume operating as an independent company, confirming the unwind of Meta’s $2 billion purchase after Beijing ordered the deal reversed.
Spotify will add “AI Persona” badges to AI-generated artist profiles from mid-September and exclude their music from recommendations, as AI tracks flood streaming services.
Meta has launched Muse Code, a terminal coding agent powered by Muse Spark 1.2, targeting long-running software projects and established rivals Codex and Claude Code.
AI startups captured 53% of global venture funding in July, their lowest share since December, even as total investment reached $65 billion in a record month for mega-rounds.
Anthropic has launched the Anthropic Economic Index connector for Claude, allowing users to query real-world AI usage data directly through conversation. The connector is available now in claude.ai and works across all Claude models with no installation required.
Nearly 200 Silicon Valley companies, including Y Combinator and Proton, urged the Trump administration not to restrict Chinese open-weight AI models, warning it would cripple US startups.
Spotnana is rolling out a multi-agent AI architecture for its corporate travel platform, beginning with four tools designed to automate repetitive servicing tasks for travel agents.
The US and China plan to hold their first official AI talks under Trump in September, aiming to manage the risks of each other’s frontier models, with Anthropic’s Mythos a key concern.
A federal judge gave final approval to Anthropic’s $1.5 billion settlement with authors over pirated books used to train Claude, the largest copyright recovery on record.
Opponents of the AI data center boom held 142 protests across 42 states, the first nationwide backlash against a buildout that crosses political lines and worries local communities.
Ethereum’s Vitalik Buterin argued the gravest AI risk is not rogue superintelligence but a few companies or governments seizing control of it, in a widely shared thread on AI’s future.
Economists warn AI’s biggest near-term danger may be fiscal: if it displaces high-earning workers, income-tax revenue could fall sharply while welfare costs rise, straining public budgets.
A Reuters analysis found xAI installed 59 unpermitted gas turbines to power its Colossus 2 data center, releasing pollution near predominantly Black Memphis-area communities.
Twenty-six Meta workers sued the company, alleging its AI systems used metrics like token consumption to select layoff targets, disadvantaging people on medical or family leave.
Visa, Mastercard, Stripe, Google and 36 others formed a Linux Foundation body to steward x402, an open standard letting AI agents pay for services directly over HTTP.