2026-10-31 (The Information — theinformation.com/articles, carried by Reuters syndication — money.usnews.com/investing): Meta has built a prototype humanoid robot with the Chinese robotics company Fourier and is already working on a second version, for home-robot research, as Meta pushes its Llama-powered AI into robotics — per a report citing unnamed sources. Companion reporting names the prototype Max, 106 pounds (≈48 kg), built in three months (Crypto Briefing — cryptobriefing.com), and says Meta has told other outlets the units are for internal research rather than sale (RobotsBeat — robotsbeat.com). The Deep Dive places the tie-up against Washington's tightening definition of which foreign-made robots are restricted under the Trump administration (thedeepdive.ca). Neither company has confirmed the prototype, and no Meta confirmation or denial is in the reporting.