ByteDance's Doubao and Alibaba's Qwen are disabling humanlike AI custom agents as China enforces new regulations to oversee interactive AI services in the rapidly evolving sector.

With Beijing’s rules on humanlike AI interaction services taking effect on July 15, Doubao and Qwen move to disable customised features.

Doubao and Qwen are pulling user-created agents before Beijing's July 15 rules on humanlike AI interaction, the world's first such framework.