China’s New AI Regulations Prompt Doubao and Qwen Shutdowns
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연합뉴스-Yonhap News Agency
조선일보(Beijing=Yonhap News) Correspondent Jung Sung-jo = China's big tech company ByteDance's artificial intelligence (AI) Large Language Model (LLM) 'Doubao' and Alibaba's 'Q1' this month...
ByteDance and Alibaba switch off the functions that users could use to build their own AI companions and chat with them, thus responding to a new regulation from Beijing. The article AI-Companions under supervision: China first pulls the tear line first appeared on The Decoder.
In response to the implementation of the "Provisional Measures for the Management of Artificial Intelligence Personification Interaction Services" on July 15, 2026, ByteDance's "Doubao" and Alibaba's "Qwen," two major Chinese AI apps, have notified users that they will discontinue the custom AI agent function that provides human-like personalities and speech patterns. Read more...
China’s New AI Regulations Prompt Doubao and Qwen Shutdowns
ByteDance's Doubao and Alibaba's Qwen are disabling custom AI agent features ahead of China's Interim Measures on anthropomorphic AI interaction services, effective 15 July. Tencent previously removed a similar feature in June, leading to user protests over lost chat histories. ByteDance's Doubao and Alibaba's Qwen, two prominent consumer AI apps in China, are taking steps to disable their customised agent features in response to impending regul…
Chinese artificial intelligence (AI) applications and AI assistants Doubao and Qianwen announced yesterday that their agent functions will be taken offline on July 15. Starting July 15, China will officially implement new regulations that strictly limit AI-powered human-like interactive services.
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