中国出台AI伴侣监管新规，限制情感依赖

China is regulating chatbot attachment and AI companions before emotional reliance becomes a normal business model.

A recent review cites daily emotional chats reducing preference for human support by 10.3%.

These services became popular by offering constant attention without rejection, awkwardness, or the demands of human relationships.

The frictionless design of these apps can keep a lonely person inside the app, instead of helping them rebuild contact with other people.

China's rules try to interrupt that loop by limiting services that encourage addiction, excessive dependence, self-harm, or unsuitable relationships with minors.

Chinal's new rules requires that providers must curb manipulative attachment, identify excessive reliance, and remind users they are talking to AI.

Minors cannot receive virtual partners or relatives, while crisis signals require intervention and emergency contact.

theconversation. com/china-has-cracked-down-on-ai-companions-what-can-we-learn-from-this-287976