As China's rules for humanlike AI interaction take effect, many users are bemoaning the loss of the virtual companions they had created on Chinese AI platforms
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China’s clampdown on humanlike AI companions—wiping out virtual relationships overnight—shows how quickly regulators can redraw the line on anthropomorphic agents. Any product leaning on parasocial AI should model hard regulatory resets and design for graceful degradation, data export, or migration paths when the rules change.
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