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Interim Measures for the Administration of Anthropomorphic Interactive Services of Artificial Intelligence, Article 18

Citation	Interim Measures for the Administration of Anthropomorphic Interactive Services of Artificial Intelligence (人工智能拟人化互动服务管理暂行办法), 2026, Art. 18
Status	In effect
In force	2026-07-15
Reviewed	as of 2026-08-14

Providers of anthropomorphic AI interactive services, products that simulate a human personality and engage in emotionally-styled conversation, must take effective measures to remind users that they are interacting with an AI service rather than a natural person, at first use and at re-login, and must dynamically re-notify users through a prominent method such as a pop-up when the system detects signs of over-reliance or addiction, or when continuous use exceeds two hours. This is narrower than a general bot-disclosure duty: it reaches only anthropomorphic, companion-style AI interaction services, not every chatbot or AI-assisted tool. Issued jointly by the Cyberspace Administration of China, the National Development and Reform Commission, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, the Ministry of Public Security, and the State Administration for Market Regulation on 2026-04-10, finalized from a 2025-12-27 public-comment draft. Missing from the original research pass; added on review.

Primary source: official CAC notice, fetched and confirmed directly, including the Article 18 text

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