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AI Risks July 06, 2026 · TheNextWeb

ByteDance and Alibaba kill custom AI companions as China's new rules bite - TNW

ByteDance's Doubao and Alibaba's Qwen are disabling custom AI agent features ahead of China's Interim Measures on anthropomorphic AI interaction ...

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