{
  "id": 12822,
  "url": "https://www.newscientist.com/article/2580736-china-is-trying-to-regulate-relationships-with-ai-can-it-work",
  "title": "China is trying to regulate relationships with AI – can it work?",
  "summary": "China is the first country to enact substantial legislation on AI relationships in an effort to protect people from the worst aspects of digital companions",
  "authors": "Chris Stokel-Walker",
  "category": "news",
  "topics": "regulation",
  "orgs": null,
  "regions": "china",
  "published_at": "2026-07-22T13:00:00.000Z",
  "fetched_at": "2026-07-23T05:10:49.458Z",
  "source_slug": "x-new-scientist-technology",
  "source_name": "New Scientist Technology",
  "source_homepage": "https://www.newscientist.com/subject/technology/",
  "ethics_ai_record_url": "https://ethics.ai/record/12822",
  "original_url": "https://www.newscientist.com/article/2580736-china-is-trying-to-regulate-relationships-with-ai-can-it-work",
  "evidence_status": "source-only",
  "attribution": "via ethics.ai"
}