Douyin AI Emotional Care Robot 'Douyin Xinqing' Starts Testing


In October 2025, AI content user penetration surged by 9.9% year-over-year, with growing engagement and a younger demographic of deep interest users. Platforms like Douyin, Weibo, and Kuaishou each surpassed 30 million monthly active users for AI plugins, highlighting social media as a key arena for AI adoption.....
Douyin VP Li Liang addressed the 'Doubao Phone' AI assistant controversy, stating its operations are user-authorized, not hacking. The phone's deep system integration enables automatic tasks like ordering food and rides, but high permissions led to bans from major apps like WeChat, banks, and Alibaba services.....
Meta announced that starting January 15, 2026, it will prohibit competing AI chatbots from operating through the WhatsApp Business API. The new policy directly affects OpenAI's ChatGPT and Microsoft Copilot, which will have to exit the platform. Meta is banning AI companies from using its business solutions to operate chatbots, especially targeting companies whose core product is AI. Before the ban takes effect, ChatGPT users can still continue to use the service.
CCTV reported on the issue of AI-generated fake news. Li Liang, Vice President of Douyin, responded that AI is a double-edged sword: although it can spread rumors easily, Douyin is using AI to combat rumors and develop intelligent agents to quickly search for authoritative information to debunk false claims.
YouTube launched major updates for 30M creators, including AI chatbot & facial recognition to detect unauthorized use of their likeness in videos.....