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AI Companion Bots and Virtual Lovers Face China Crackdown
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China Doesn’t Wait to See If AI Companions Can Be a Force for Good Beijing is shunning virtual lovers, which had grown into a popular social substitute This article is for subscribers only. Welcome to Tech In Depth, our daily newsletter about the business of tech from Bloomberg’s journalists around the world. Today, Luz Ding reflects on China’s decision to stamp out AI companions.
China Doesn’t Wait to See If AI Companions Can Be a Force for Good
Beijing is shunning virtual lovers, which had grown into a popular social substitute
This article is for subscribers only.
Welcome to Tech In Depth, our daily newsletter about the business of tech from Bloomberg’s journalists around the world. Today, Luz Ding reflects on China’s decision to stamp out AI companions.
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