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Crackdown on AI Lovers Ignites Heartbreak in China—and Hopes to Get

Crackdown on AI Lovers Ignites Heartbreak in China—and Hopes to Get Them Back

To combat her loneliness, An Xu, a 15-year-old middle schooler in Shanghai, had recently been relying for emotional support on her text and voice conversations with an AI companion on Doubao, China’s most popular AI chatbot app. AI companions are meant to mimic humanlike…

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