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• China tightens rules on AI companions and bans youth ‘AI girlfriends’

  Indian Express reports that major Chinese platforms will disable customizable persona features in chatbots by July 15, 2026 to comply with new anthropomorphic AI rules. The crackdown targets AI companion apps and imposes stricter protections for minors using virtual romantic or family relationships.

  Source: The Indian Express2026-07-07T05:44:00.000Z

• Kuaishou spins off Kling AI with $3B raise from Tencent and Alibaba

  Pandaily reports that Chinese short-video giant Kuaishou is spinning off its Kling AI video generation unit into an independent company and backing it with a funding round of up to $3 billion. Tencent, Alibaba and Baidu are named as key investors, and the new entity reportedly faces a mandatory IPO deadline in 2031.

  Source: Pandaily2026-07-04T13:38:17.040Z

• Tencent deploys AI dual-engine system to curb youth gaming

  On July 3, 2026 Tencent Games announced its 2026 summer minors protection campaign, capping minors’ play at three hours per week and upgrading an “AI dual-engine” anti-addiction system. A July 4 roundup from 36Kr reports that Tencent’s system combines its Hunyuan model with DeepSeek to power conversational parental controls and in-game AI monitoring for risky behavior and account abuse.

  Source: 36Kr (EU edition)2026-07-04T01:03:00.000Z

• Kling AI raises $2B as Alibaba and Tencent join mega funding

  Kuaishou’s video-generation unit Kling AI has closed an initial $2 billion funding round at around a $15 billion pre-money valuation. The round includes Alibaba, Tencent, Baidu and several major Chinese and Gulf investment firms, and could expand to $3 billion, cutting Kuaishou’s stake to about 68%.

  Source: Bloomberg Law2026-07-03T01:49:00.000Z

• Baidu’s Kunlun chip arm targets $50B Hong Kong AI IPO

  On June 29, 2026, Chinese media reported that Baidu’s AI chip subsidiary Kunlunxin is pushing ahead with a Hong Kong IPO at a target valuation of about $50 billion. Baidu’s Hong Kong–listed shares jumped more than 8% intraday on the news, as investors bet on the spin-out of its cloud AI chip business. ([finance.sina.com.cn](https://finance.sina.com.cn/stock/hkstock/marketalerts/2026-06-29/doc-iniezsvf0358748.shtml))

  Source: The Paper (Pengpai)2026-06-29T03:33:00.000Z

• China’s AI+ consumption push fuels new compute and robotics spending

  On June 22, 2026, Chinese outlet Eastmoney’s morning brief highlighted implementation of the new "Artificial Intelligence + Consumption" policy alongside a series of AI-related corporate moves. These included a 303 million CNY cloud-compute services contract signed by Tianyang Technology and large server purchases by Zhihui Intelligent to expand its AI computing business.

  Source: Eastmoney2026-06-21T22:00:00.000Z

• ByteDance pursues Iluvatar AI chips as Nvidia exits China market

  ByteDance is in talks with Shanghai-based GPU maker Iluvatar CoreX to buy AI chips for inference workloads and is also considering Baidu’s Kunlunxin processors, Reuters reported on June 15, 2026. The deals would make Iluvatar CoreX ByteDance’s third major domestic AI chip supplier after Huawei and Cambricon, further reducing its reliance on Nvidia hardware amid US export controls.

  Source: The Indian Express2026-06-15T03:56:00.000Z

• Tencent Cloud boosts MongoDB platform for AI NPCs and agents in APAC

  On June 12, 2026, Tencent Cloud announced it ranked first in market share, growth and technical capability for MongoDB‑based services in the Asia‑Pacific gaming sector. The company also unveiled upgrades to its TencentDB for MongoDB platform to better support AI NPCs, AIGC, recommendation systems and AI agent data workloads.

  Source: PR Newswire APAC2026-06-12T03:24:00.000Z

• DeepSeek targets about $7.4B in first external funding led by Tencent and CATL

  On June 3, 2026, multiple reports said Chinese AI lab DeepSeek is close to raising around 500 billion yuan (about $7.4 billion) in its first external funding round. Tencent, battery maker CATL, China’s national AI fund and other investors are reportedly in final talks, with a valuation near 400 billion yuan.

  Source: Reuters (via TradingView)2026-06-03T06:55:00.000Z