Two Major AI Apps in China Simultaneously Terminate Agent Services

ByteDance's Doubao and Alibaba's Tongyi Qianwen simultaneously announced on July 4, 2026, that they will terminate the self-creation service of AI agents for regular users on July 15. This move is aimed at complying with China's first special regulation on anthropomorphic interactive behavior of artificial intelligence, which is about to take effect, reflecting the industry's proactive response to compliance.