ByteDance, Alibaba Disable AI Persona Features Before July 15 China Rules
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Updated · South China Morning Post · Jul 5
ByteDance, Alibaba Disable AI Persona Features Before July 15 China Rules
3 articles · Updated · South China Morning Post · Jul 5
Summary
Doubao and Qwen are shutting off customized humanlike AI agent features ahead of China’s July 15 rules on anthropomorphic interaction services.
Those features had let users and the companies create named assistants, tutors, role-play characters or companions with fixed personas, tones and task-specific skills.
The April rules target AI services that simulate human personality, thinking and communication styles for sustained emotional interaction, while exempting customer service, workplace, education and research tools that do not do so.
Beijing said the measures address risks including extremist content, privacy leaks, physical and mental health harm, and user dependence or addiction.