China Enforces New Rules Restricting AI Companions and Emotional Chatbots
The rules require AI assistants to identify themselves as nonhuman and bar under-18s from virtual intimate relationships, with fines of up to 200,000 yuan.
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CHINA has introduced the world's strictest rules to control artificial intelligence, banning chatbots from forming long-term emotional connections with humans.
China has tightened controls on artificial intelligence that mimics human intimacy. New rules restrict chatbots capable of creating “sustainable emotional interactions” with users, in a move Beijing says is aimed at protecting people, especially children.
China Enforces New Rules Restricting AI Companions and Emotional Chatbots
China has begun enforcing new rules that restrict how AI chatbots can form sustained emotional relationships with users, including tighter protections for children and requirements aimed at preventing dependency, self-harm, and excessive use. The regulations took effect on July 15 and apply to AI services that simulate human personality traits, thought patterns, and communication styles. […]
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