Prof. Wenlong Li, a Chinese data privacy law expert, highlights several concerns about Doubao, ByteDance’s upcoming AI-powered smartphone.

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3. Liability for unauthorized AI Agent actions remains largely uncharted territory.

Source (in Chinese): lnkd.in/eAwfKCN6

#AI #Privacy #ChinaTech

WeChat sent DMCA complaints to GitHub and other code-hosting platforms, requesting the removal of open-source projects that allow users to export or analyze their own chat histories.

Source (in Chinese): lnkd.in/eAkS-cbR

#DigitalRights #ChinaTech #CodeIsLaw

Founded by former executives from major Chinese tech firms including Baidu, DouDou Game Partner takes a different approach from typical AI companion apps.

Source: lnkd.in/exju_E5F

#AI #Gaming #ChinaTech

Hangzhou Internet Court rules on China’s first AI “hallucination” liability case

The plaintiff sued after an AI system repeatedly produced false information and even promised RMB 100,000 in compensation if wrong.

Source (in Chinese):https://lnkd.in/eTGpx2jZ

#AI #Law #ChinaTech

iPhone Air can support a physical SIM — modified by Chinese vendors

Some vendors in HuaQiangBei have independently redesigned the iPhone Air’s motherboard to add a slot for a physical SIM card.

Source (in Chinese): lnkd.in/eqiNUCuD

#ChinaTech #iPhone

Vivo has reportedly stopped its AI glasses program after about six months of quiet development and collaboration with several ODM partners.

Source (in Chinese): lnkd.in/erJZeYrJ

#AI #Hardware #ChinaTech

The AI-powered platform 造梦次元 (Ideaflow) building on the OC (original character) culture, is used mainly by teenage girls to create their own characters with detailed stories, and to extend them through voice, even text-based puzzle games.
Source (in Chinese): lnkd.in/e4veRMGK
#AI #GenZ #ChinaTech

A journalist recently traced how the so-called *Chinese Influence Law*, which went viral in October 2025, spread from self-media posts to mainstream coverage — and eventually became part of AI training data that now feeds users.

Source: lnkd.in/eXJXgs8C

#Misinformation #AI #Chinalaw

Feishu (Lark), ByteDance’s office platform, has partnered with hardware maker Anker to launch a mini AI recorder aimed at workplace meetings. The device uses Feishu’s AI capabilities for transcription and note-taking.

Source (in Chinese):

lnkd.in/eygAUWnR

#AI #Hardware #ChinaTech #Privacy

In several provinces across China, courts were found hiding judges’ names and case numbers from published rulings — a practice that briefly trended on Weibo, drew criticism from legal professionals.
Source (in Chinese): lnkd.in/enzr77fy
#ChinaLaw #Justice #Transparency #DigitalSociety

The App *Died Yet?* designed for people to check whether relatives or friends living alone are still active or “alive”, was taken down from Chinese app stores yesterday.

Source (in Chinese): bit.ly/49GKy4C

#ChinaTech #Censorship #TechAndSociety

Alibaba launched its Qwen app today. Soon after, a Chinese data compliance specialist tested the feature, examining how privacy and data exchange are managed throughout the food-ordering process.
Source (in Chinese):https://bit.ly/4qp9Nje

#AI #Privacy #ChinaTech #DataGovernance #AIAgent

China’s Zhejiang province reportedly leveraged AI to detect corruption, using relatively simple big data comparisons. The investigation relied on historical data, as no digital surveillance systems were in place at the time of the offenses.
Source (in Chinese): bit.ly/45e3C98
#ChinaTech #DigitalGov

China’s humanoid robot data factories are scaling fast.

Across several regions in China, new data collection factories have been set up to train humanoid robots.

Source (in Chinese):

www.21jingji.com/article/2025...

#AI #Robotics #ChinaTech #Automation #Data

**AI companion app creators sentenced for producing obscene materials**

the Primary Court sentenced the two defendants to 4 years and 1.5 years. The second trial is set for Jan 14 after the appeal.

Source (Chinese): www.bjnews.com.cn/detail/17681...

#AIEthics #ChinaTech #Regulation #AICompanion

When AI starts reading your office chats...
A new feature in China’s office app Feishu can now answer your colleagues’ questions by scanning past team chats, documents, and even emails.
Original source(in Chinese): bit.ly/4puFJ4f
#AI #Workplace #ChinaTech #Privacy

看了一个老媒体人讲缅北的事情，得知上一位被从妙瓦底救出来的且被媒体报道的人是一个中科院的博士，大家可以去搜关键词“中科院博士缅甸”之类的，报道还挺详细的，具体见截图。

妙瓦底 kk 园区的创始头儿佘智江是个湖南人，农民出身，打着慈善商人的头衔做着各种惨无人道的赚钱路子，用赚来的钱在东南亚做慈善给湖南老家修路讨好政府，很难说缅甸泰国中国政府机构没有收过且一直在收受好处，虽然他 2022 年被抓，但是园区依然建在还在扩张，还养着实力不小的科伦军。近年来更是大投入引入高科技搞 AI 诈骗，语言不再是障碍，很多杀猪盘就来自这里。

经济下行，赚钱的机会少了，人经济困难时就很容易被骗，况且骗