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China bans AI “boyfriends” and “girlfriends” over addiction and birth rate conce

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13 Jul
The terrifying rise of schoolboys making AI girlfriends - Boys as young as 12 are now in romantic ‘relationships’ with chatbots, and it’s affecting how they treat girls in the real world

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3 May
Why Are People In China Creating AI Clones Of Their Ex-Partners? Trend Triggers Privacy Debate

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10 May
Big AI Lobbyists: if you regulate us at all, we lose to China because they will never regulate ... Actual China: "safety first, innovation second ... Development must be controllable and orderly."

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16 Oct
China proposes export controls on 23 AI technologies (including large models, agents & clusters); already open-sourced tech is exempted

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