Xi Jinping to Headline China's World AI Conference for First Time
Chinese President Xi Jinping will personally address the 2026 World AI Conference in Shanghai on July 17-20, his first appearance at the event since it began in 2018.
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Every AI News story tagged with both AI in China and Regulation — the two topics side by side, updated as new articles publish.
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What Is the Pentagon's 1260H List — and What Does It Actually Block?
The Pentagon's 1260H list flags Chinese firms tied to the military, but it only bars U.S. defense purchases — it doesn't stop American AI companies from selling to them abroad.
Read more →OpenAI, Google Supplied AI to Pentagon-Blacklisted Chinese Firms
OpenAI and Google confirmed to the Financial Times that they supply AI services to Singapore units of Alibaba, Baidu and Tencent, all listed by the Pentagon as Chinese military-linked companies.
Read more →What Is an AI Companion — and Why Are Governments Regulating Them?
AI companions are chatbots built for emotional connection, not task completion. As apps like Replika and Character.AI reach tens of millions of users, governments in China, the US, and Europe are introducing rules to protect vulnerable users.
Read more →China's AI Companion Rules Force ByteDance and Alibaba Shutdowns
China's new regulations targeting AI services that simulate human relationships take effect July 15, forcing ByteDance's Doubao and Alibaba's Qwen to disable personalized companion agent features used by hundreds of millions of people.
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