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From the archiveNo. 19

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ByteDance and Alibaba shut down AI persona services ahead of China regulations

Original article in Korean바이트댄스·알리바바, ‘AI 페르소나’ 서비스 중단…정부 규제 앞두고 선제 조치

Korean outletAI Times

Summary

ByteDance's Douyin and Alibaba's Qwen are discontinuing user-customized AI agent and AI persona features effective October 15. The move preempts new Chinese government regulations on AI anthropomorphization that take effect that day.

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aitimes.com · in Korean

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