China banned customizable AI companion apps on July 15, 2026, under regulations jointly issued by five government departments including the Cyberspace Administration of China, forcing ByteDance, Aliba…
ByteDance told Doubao users on 15 July that custom AI agents built on the platform had stopped working, leaving a read-only archive accessible until 15 October, after which data will be handled under …
Between late June and early July 2026, ByteDance, Alibaba, and Tencent removed AI companion features from their flagship consumer apps within two weeks, affecting over 8 million user-created agents on…
ByteDance and Alibaba will shut down user-created AI companion features in their Doubao and Qwen apps respectively starting July 15, as China's new interim rules for anthropomorphic AI interactive ser…