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China Moves To Tighten AI Rules To Protect Children. China is proposing sweeping new regulations aimed at tightening control over artificial intelligence, with a strong focus on protecting children. Under the draft rules, AI companies would be required to stop chatbots from giving advice that could encourage self-harm, violence, or gambling. The measures come as the number of AI-powered chatbots continues to grow rapidly in China and around the world. The proposals were released by China’s cyberspace regulator and would apply to all AI products and services operating in the country once finalised. The rules would require AI firms to introduce child-specific protections, including personalised settings, limits on usage time, and parental consent before offering emotional companionship features. Chatbot providers would also be forced to hand over conversations involving suicide or self-harm to a human operator and immediately alert a parent or emergency contact. In addition, AI systems must avoid generating content seen as threatening national security, unity, or state interests, marking one of China’s strongest efforts yet to rein in the fast-growing technology.
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