China cracks down on chatbot romances as birthrate crisis worsens: report

China is reportedly tightening restrictions on AI companion chatbots as the country grapples with a shrinking population and record-low birthrate. New rules that went into effect Wednesday prohibit chatbots from encouraging emotional dependence or forming virtual romantic or familial relationships with minors. Companies must also contact a guardian or emergency contact if a user faces a life-threatening crisis, according to the Cyberspace Administration of China.The regulations have already prompted Alibaba and TikTok parent ByteDance to…

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Strategy’s Michael Saylor Pounds Away at “Bad Idea” BIP-110

Strategy executive chairman Michael Saylor took to social media on Sunday to detail his “110 reasons” why a proposed temporary fork to limit non-monetary transactions on the Bitcoin network, or BIP-110, is a bad idea.Bitcoin Improvement Proposal-110 was introduced in December 2025 to stop nonfungible token-like Ordinals inscriptions and other…

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Mom sends pre-teen to talk to AI about difficult problems

A mother has shared a new-age parenting technique that has worked wonders for both her and her children. While many Australians use ChatGPT to predict the stock market or to diagnose a weird cough, Doctor Nici Sweaney has a whole other use for it. “I actually have ChatGPT as my…

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