# China forces its biggest AI platforms to shut down humanlike chatbot personas

> China forces its biggest AI platforms to shut down humanlike chatbot personas ByteDance and Alibaba are shutting down the features that let users build and chat with custom AI companions, responding to new regulations…

- **Source:** [The-decoder](https://the-decoder.com/china-forces-its-biggest-ai-platforms-to-shut-down-humanlike-chatbot-personas/?utm_source=gearopen.com&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=feed&utm_content=6a4bcb49254f0da55deb5774)
- **Published:** 2026-07-06
- **Category:** AI & Bots
- **Tags:** #openai #ai
- **Canonical:** http://localhost:4321/a/6a4bcb49254f0da55deb5774

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