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China's AI Companion Ban: Inside the Anthropomorphic AI Law Forcing Doubao and Qwen to Delete Users' Digital Companions - July 7, 2026
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China's AI Companion Ban: Inside the Anthropomorphic AI Law Forcing Doubao and Qwen to Delete Users' Digital Companions - July 7, 2026 On July 15, 2026, China's Interim Measures for AI Anthropomorphic Interactive Services take effect, forcing ByteDance and Alibaba to switch off the personal AI companion agents used by hundreds of millions of people on Doubao and Qwen. Chris and Laura dig into what Beijing is really targeting, the sweeping new protections for minors, the ban on engineered emo...