ChinaInterim Measures for the Administration of Anthropomorphic Interactive Services of Artificial Intelligence, Article 18
Interim Measures for the Administration of Anthropomorphic Interactive Services of Artificial Intelligence (人工智能拟人化互动服务管理暂行办法) 2026, Art. 18
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In force 70 days, effective 15 July 2026.
An AI transparency rule binding private bodies.
As of 14 August 2026.
What it requires
- Remind users they are interacting with an AI service rather than a person, at first use and again at re-login, if your product simulates a human personality and converses in an emotional style
- Re-notify prominently, by a method such as a pop-up, when the system detects signs of over-reliance or addiction
- Re-notify prominently once continuous use passes two hours
- This reaches companion-style interaction services, not every chatbot or AI-assisted tool
What it reaches
How the hook was established
express
What makes it apply
Market targeting
What it makes you log
Logging duty
Article 18 requires an anthropomorphic interactive service provider to remind users that they are interacting with an AI service rather than a natural person, and to re-notify prominently on signs of over-reliance or after two continuous hours of use; it states no duty to log, record, or later produce evidence that a reminder occurred. Two other provisions of the same Measures sit outside this instrument's own citation (Article 18): Article 10 requires retaining network logs (网络日志) as part of the provider's life-cycle safety responsibilities, and Article 24 requires preserving records on discovering a major safety risk.
- Kind
- None
- As of
- 22 September 2026
Who checks it
Audit expectation
none
What this law does
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Providers of anthropomorphic AI interactive services, products that simulate a human personality and engage in emotionally-styled conversation, must take effective measures to remind users that they are interacting with an AI service rather than a natural person, at first use and at re-login, and must dynamically re-notify users through a prominent method such as a pop-up when the system detects signs of over-reliance or addiction, or when continuous use exceeds two hours.
This is narrower than a general bot-disclosure duty: it reaches only anthropomorphic, companion-style AI interaction services, not every chatbot or AI-assisted tool. Issued jointly by the Cyberspace Administration of China, the National Development and Reform Commission, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, the Ministry of Public Security, and the State Administration for Market Regulation on 10 April 2026, finalized from a 27 December 2025 public-comment draft.
When LexLint raises it
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Read the law
official CAC notice, confirmed directly, including the Article 18 text
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