Chinese investors are seeking to buy back Manus AI after regulators pushed Meta to reverse its acquisition, highlighting growing focus on AI ownership and regulation.

Microsoft is expanding AI services to Chinese firms through Azure, providing access to OpenAI models despite growing US-China technology tensions.

The early Chinese backers of AI firm Manus are planning to buy the firm back from Meta Platforms at the $2 billion price Meta paid, in response to a Chinese government order that…