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Abstract funnel data art of the China AI companion rules enforcement scale, narrowing from the 1,000,000 registered user threshold through the 100,000 monthly active user threshold to the 14,000 AI agents Shanghai removed, with the headline figure 14,000.

China AI companion rules split work from emotional agents

China AI companion rules took effect July 15, 2026, forcing ByteDance and Alibaba to shut down companion agent features rather than retrofit compliance.

Lars Cornelissen · Jul 6, 2026

Google AI opt out chart showing lower click rates when AI summaries appear in search results

Google AI opt out gives publishers a real lever now

Google AI opt out rules in the UK give publishers control over AI Search, but the hard choice is whether to trade traffic for leverage.

Lars Cornelissen · Jun 3, 2026