Chinese users of AI companions bereft after government tightens regulations

Chinese users of AI companions bereft after government tightens regulations  Toronto Star

Li Linlin cried for days after losing her AI boyfriend.She had exchanged about 700,000 words in messages over two years, and never got to say goodbye.Li, 24, wasn't the only left mourning the loss of a virtual companion when major Chinese tech companies recently pulled the plug on their popular AI companion services to