is a fellow at the Oxford China Policy Lab and an MSc student at the Oxford Internet Institute.On September 11, the U.S. Federal Trade Commission launched an inquiry into seven tech companies that make AI chatbot companion products, including Meta, OpenAI, and Character AI, over concerns that AI chatbots may prompt users, “especially children and teens,” to trust them and form unhealthy dependencies.Four days later, China published its AI Safety Governance Framework 2.0, explicitly listing “addi...