Well, do we have another DeepSeek moment on our hands? I tell you about Manus, which had some people losing their minds over the weekend. Now do we have the first signs of the AI M&A I’ve been looking for? Absolutely everybody wants to get in on the Stablecoin business. And the AI crisis at Apple delayed a product we might have seen this month.

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Links:

• China’s Autonomous Agent, Manus, Changes Everything (Forbes)
• Manus probably isn’t China’s second ‘DeepSeek moment’ (TechCrunch)
• Undocumented commands found in Bluetooth chip used by a billion devices (BleepingComputer)
• ServiceNow Nears Deal to Buy AI Assistant Maker Moveworks (Bloomberg)
• Banks and fintechs join ‘stablecoin gold rush’ (Financial Times)
• Apple Clears the Decks With Rare Early-Year Product Frenzy (Bloomberg)

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