China Regulates AI Companions to Curb Emotional Dependency
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China unveiled new rules regulating AI-powered companion bots to curb emotional dependence, requiring crisis detection and intervention, reminders after prolonged use, data protection and user data rights, and risk intervention mechanisms, while defining companions as sustained emotional interaction and excluding task-oriented AI.
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