Published on June 12, 2026 at 08:32 Comment 1 𝕏 Print © Manus/Meta Two billion dollars to buy it, an internal memo to unplug everything. Meta is orchestrating the shutdown of Manus on Beijing’s orders, with Beijing applying to the U.S. giant the playbook devised by Washington against TikTok. The AI agent fever is turning into the flu at Meta. Since the start of the year, the entire tech industry has sworn by nothing but these “digital colleagues” capable o