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Origin Over Domicile: Why China Unwound the $2B Manus Acquisition
China's NDRC unwound the $2B Manus acquisition, signaling that AI engineering origin can override legal offshore domicile in regulatory review.
China's NDRC unwound the $2B Manus acquisition, signaling that AI engineering origin can override legal offshore domicile in regulatory review.
While companies wait for federal AI rules, state regulators are enforcing existing consumer protection laws now. Compliance debt is accruing today.
Federal AI legislation remains uncertain, while state laws and existing consumer protection powers are already shaping how automated systems are governed.
Mythos reads less like a safety warning heeded and more like a first-mover play on CAISI. The labs that submitted first are writing the rules.