China’s plans for humanlike AI could set the tone for global AI rules

lastmansurfing
Dec 31, 2025
1 min read

China is pushing ahead on plans to regulate humanlike artificial intelligence, including by forcing AI companies to ensure that users know they are interacting with a bot online.

Under a proposal released on Saturday by China’s cyberspace regulator, people would have to be informed if they were using an AI-powered service—both when they logged in and again every two hours.

Humanlike AI systems, such as chatbots and agents, would also need to espouse “core socialist values” and have guardrails in place to maintain national security, according to the proposal.