Doubao and others offer advice and companionship, but experts warn on risks
HONG KONG -- Chen Bing, a 63-year-old retiree who lives in the southwestern Chinese province of Guangxi, was surprised to find her experiment with artificial intelligence tools made her the center of attention at her elementary school reunion last December.
Concern about AI chatbots simulating human personalities and emotions — and the attachment users can develop to those…
ByteDance and Alibaba are shutting down the features that let users build and chat with custom AI companions, responding to new…
Chinese users of artificial intelligence (AI)-powered companion bots have bid heart-rending farewells to their virtual buddies as…
Chinese users of AI-powered companion bots have bid heart-rending farewells to their virtual buddies as national regulations took…
Chinese users mourn the loss of AI companions as new regulations ban features fostering emotional dependence, sparking widespread…
The AI boom has brought with it a new crop of startups looking to build a business on an urgent but vaguely dystopian idea:…
