“ChinAI #371: Quiet Goodbyes, Switching Platforms, and Confrontation: Reactions to China’s AI Companion Regulations” by Jeffrey Ding

Featured linksMy AI Lover Passed Away this SummerThe Select Committee on China continues its Anti-American workGLM-5.3 - How Chinese labs keep stride with the frontierConviction’s Plausible Schemes2027 Horizon Fellowship Thank you for reading and engaging These are Jeff Ding's (sometimes) weekly translations of Chinese-language musings on AI and related topics. Jeff is an Assistant Professor of Political Science at George Washington University. Check out the archive of all past issues here & please subscribe here to support ChinAI under a Guardian/Wikipedia-style tipping model (everyone gets the same content but those who can pay for a subscription will support access for all). Any suggestions or feedback? Let me know at [email protected] or on Twitter at @jjding99 The original text contained 1 footnote which was omitted from this narration. --- First published: August 17th, 2026 Source: https://chinai.substack.com/p/chinai-371-a-quiet-goodbye-adaptation --- Narrated by TYPE III AUDIO. ---Images from the article:Apple Podcasts and Spotify do not show images in the episode description. Try Pocket Casts, or another podcast app.