ByteDance's Doubao and Alibaba's Qwen will disable humanlike and user-created agents before July 15, as China's anthropomorphic AI interaction rules take effect (Wency Chen/South China Morning Post)
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- ByteDance and Alibaba will disable humanlike and user-created AI agents on their consumer-facing apps Doubao and Qwen before a July 15 deadline tied to China's new anthropomorphic AI interaction rules.
- Doubao and Qwen are described as two of China's major consumer-facing artificial intelligence apps, both moving in tandem ahead of the regulatory effective date.
Why it matters: China's first regulatory framework targeting anthropomorphic AI features is forcing the country's two highest-profile consumer chatbot apps to strip out humanlike and user-created agents within weeks, setting a concrete compliance template that other domestic AI products will likely follow before July 15.
