Control in AI — Episode 3: Meta, Manus, and the Question of Control in AI
When does control actually begin?
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The Meta–Manus transaction never fully closed.
But it progressed far enough to begin shaping technical direction.
This creates a new category of transaction:
partially realized deals—arrangements that move beyond theory into early integration, yet stop short of full control.
The same ambiguity appears in disputes involving OpenAI.
The key que…
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