{"id":155020,"date":"2026-07-23T01:30:06","date_gmt":"2026-07-23T01:30:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=155020"},"modified":"2026-07-23T01:30:06","modified_gmt":"2026-07-23T01:30:06","slug":"chinas-crackdown-on-ai-companions-wont-fill-the-emotional-void","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=155020","title":{"rendered":"China\u2019s crackdown on AI companions won\u2019t fill the emotional void"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Source: China &#8211; South China Morning PostIn the past week, one regulation has forced many people in China to say goodbye to long-standing \u201crelationships\u201d. As of July 15, the government placed artificial intelligence (AI) companions under tight supervision. It comes as automated companions have experienced something of a boom over the past few years.<br \/>\nAccording to the rules, AI-human interactions should not encourage violence or harm users\u2019 physical and psychological well-being. Moreover, AI bots should not lure users into sharing&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/opinion\/china-opinion\/article\/3361300\/chinas-crackdown-ai-companions-wont-fill-emotional-void?utm_source=rss_feed\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"feedzy-rss-link-icon\" rel=\"noopener\">Read More<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source: China &#8211; South China Morning PostIn the past week, one regulation has forced many people in China to say goodbye to long-standing \u201crelationships\u201d. As of July 15, the government&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/155020"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=155020"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/155020\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=155020"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=155020"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=155020"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}