-- 中國國家發展和改革委員會週一發佈公告稱，經審查，已要求Meta公司撤銷其以20億美元收購人工智慧新創公司Manus的交易。 監管機構表示，該決定「符合法律法規，並已要求相關各方撤回收購交易」。 根據CNBC週一報道，Meta公司的發言人告訴CNBC，該交易完全符合法律規定。 CNBC通報稱，Manus公司在中國成立後遷至新加坡，該公司開發人工智慧代理，其中包括一款能夠執行市場調查和程式設計等複雜任務的代理。
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