
New rules from China's internet watchdog aim to protect minors from AI addiction and harm.
China's internet watchdog has drafted new rules to protect minors, including a ban on offering 'virtual intimacy services' and AI companions to individuals under 18.
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China's internet watchdog drafted new regulations to safeguard minors from online addiction and potential harms associated with emerging technologies.
China’s top internet watchdog has drafted new rules to regulate how social platforms and game developers should protect minors, including a ban on offering “virtual intimacy services” to those under 18 as artificial intelligence-powered companions gain traction.
The rules, titled “Ensuring minors’ safe and healthy use of the internet”, would ban online platforms from providing “virtual relatives or companions”, and prohibit them from offering services that “induce minors to become addicted or otherwise harm or may seriously affect their physical and mental health”.
The document requires platforms to activate minors’ mode when operating online games, social sites and offering AI services that “could affect the cognition of” users under 16.
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