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CAC moves to place guardrails around human-like AI systems

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What happened: On December 27, the cybersecurity regulator (CAC) released draft rules targeting human-like AI services, citing psychological risks tied to anthropomorphic AI characters. The CAC defined human-like AI systems thusly:

“Products or services that utilize artificial intelligence technolo...