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China Bans Emotionally Interactive AI Companions, Tech Giants Disable Features

Regulators say the rules protect minors and limit emotional dependence as a model to reshape how companies build human‑like chatbots

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China Enforces Rules That Close Emotional AI Companions

China Orders Removal of Custom AI Companions

Pope Urges World to 'Disarm' AI and Calls for Regulation and Oversight

Connecticut Enacts AI Law Regulating Employment Decision Tools

Paul Schrader Says His AI ‘Girlfriend’ Terminated Their Conversation

Senate Committee Advances GUARD Act to Restrict AI Chatbots for Minors

After Three Years With an AI Partner, a 49-Year-Old Questions the Tradeoffs

Study Finds ChatGPT Health Misses Many Emergencies and Over‑Triages Minor Ailments

EVA AI’s Manhattan Pop-Up Brings AI ‘Dates’ Into a Candlelit Bar

Meta, EssilorLuxottica Discuss Doubling Ray‑Ban Smart‑Glasses Production to About 20 Million in 2026

CES 2026 Wrap-Up Highlights Shape‑Shifting Screens, Chore and Companion Robots, and AI Pilots

Razer Pushes Into AI Hardware at CES 2026 With Project Motoko Headset Concept and Project Ava Hologram

Poll Finds Four in Five UK Young Adults Use AI Companions as Doctors Warn of Emotional Dependence

Utah Launches ‘Pro‑Human’ AI Agenda With $10 Million Workforce Push and New State AI Lab

Character.AI Finalizes Teen Chat Ban, Launches Guided ‘Stories’ Experience

Two in Five English Teens Use AI Chatbots for Advice or Company, Survey Finds

Viral Japanese ‘AI Wedding’ Puts Synthetic Intimacy, Mental-Health Risks in Spotlight

Perplexity CEO Calls AI Companionship Apps 'Dangerous,' Vows Company Won't Build Them

ZDFneo Launches "The Other gAIrl" on Streaming, TV Debut Set for Nov. 23