Human-Like AI Services Face Greater Restrictions in China

China reportedly plans to crack down on artificial intelligence (AI) chatbots that can simulate human emotions. With these new regulations pending, Chinese tech giants ByteDance and Alibaba have begun halting features that allow users to create and chat with AI companions, Bloomberg News reported Monday (July 6). ByteDance’s Doubao, China’s most popular AI chatbot, is set to shut down a feature letting users customize their own AI personas on July 15, the report said, citing an app notification