Blocks

Facebook की मालिक कंपनी Meta ने AI एजेंट्स में अपनी क्षमताओं को बढ़ाने के प्रयास में दिसंबर 2025 में 2 बिलियन अमेरिकी डॉलर से अधिक में Manus का अधिग्रहण किया था।

Meta ने सोमवार को कहा कि लेनदेन "लागू कानून का पूरी तरह से अनुपालन करता था" और उसे उम्मीद है कि "जांच का उचित समाधान होगा।"(Image credit: Jeff Chiu/AP)

• AI स्टार्टअप Blocks ने ऑटोनॉमस डिजिटल वर्कफोर्स विकसित करने के लिए Entrée Capital के नेतृत्व में $20 मिलियन की सीरीज A फंडिंग प्राप्त की। • यह फंडिंग उन AI एजेंटों की तैनाती में सहायता करेगी जो स्वतंत्र रूप से जटिल कार्यों को संभालने में सक्षम हैं। • यह निवेश एंटरप्राइज ऑटोमेशन की मांगों के बीच एजेंटिक AI तकनीकों में बढ़ते VC (वेंचर कैपिटल) रुझान को दर्शाता है।

• Venezuelan security forces restricted opposition parties from entering their campaign headquarters on Monday, raising fresh concerns about democratic conduct ahead of this year's presidential elections. • The blockade prevented opposition candidates and staff from gathering electoral signatures and organizing voter outreach efforts, significantly hampering their campaign infrastructure. • International observers from the Organization of American States expressed alarm over the move, calling it a violation of political freedoms and warning it could undermine the legitimacy of upcoming elections.

• Active fighting between the Sudanese Armed Forces and the Rapid Support Forces has intensified blockades on humanitarian corridors, trapping over 2 million internally displaced persons without access to food and medical supplies. • The UN World Food Programme reported that starvation conditions now affect multiple regions, with malnutrition rates among children exceeding 40 percent in some areas. • The U.S. State Department announced an additional $150 million in emergency humanitarian assistance but acknowledged that insecurity makes delivery of aid increasingly difficult.

• China's National Development and Reform Commission prohibited Meta's acquisition of Singapore-based AI startup Manus on April 27, 2026, requiring all parties to withdraw. • Manus, with Chinese roots, was targeted in a security review of foreign investment despite Meta's compliance claims from its California headquarters. • The decision heightens US-China tech tensions, impacting Meta's AI expansion and cross-border M&A in semiconductors and intelligence tools.

• Myanmar's military junta has blocked UN humanitarian corridors to conflict-affected regions, preventing food and medical aid from reaching approximately 2 million people at imminent risk of famine. • UN humanitarian agencies report that supplies have been halted for two weeks; the blockade coincides with intensified fighting between military forces and opposition groups in central Myanmar. • The US has condemned the blockade as a war crime and called for emergency UN Security Council action, though Russia and China have signaled opposition to any intervention.