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Fusion 13 isn't broken. It does run on M1/M2 Macs. But are you trying to run a VM that you created on an Intel Mac and moved to your new M1 MacBook?
The reason I ask is that the error message is telling you that it can't run a VM that requires an Intel chip on an M1/M2 Mac. On M1/M2 Macs, Fusion 13 will not run any VMs created on Intel Macs or VMware Workstation. That's a by-product of Apple deciding to move away from Intel chips and onto their own ARM architecture processors. Any virtual machines that run on M1/M2 Macs must use operating systems that run on the ARM CPU architecture (such as Windows 11 ARM and aarch64/arm64 variants of Linux), not Intel/AMD.
And before you ask, Rosetta 2 does not help you run those VMs on M1 Macs even though it will let you run other applications compiled on Intel Macs to run on M1 Macs. That's also a byproduct of what Apple has built Rosetta 2 to do.
You might want to take a look at the Unofficial Fusion 13 for Apple Silicon Companion Guide https://communities.vmware.com/t5/VMware-Fusion-Documents/The-Unofficial-Fusion-13-for-Apple-Silicon... for guidance, tips, and techniques when running virtual machines on M1/M2 Macs.
Editor of the Unofficial Fusion Companion Guides