On October 27, Weibo users reported that when they asked what "inappropriate remarks" Mbappé had made, multiple Chinese AI apps, including Doubao, DeepSeek, and Xiaowei AI, all refused to answer.
On October 25, a netizen in Jiangsu went to Xuzhou Second Hospital for treatment and found that the doctor directly used the AI app "Doubao" to prescribe medication for patients, sparking heated discussion among netizens in the comments section about AI misdiagnosis and reliability issues.
A netizen sent content related to the social security inspection to ByteDance's Doubao AI for analysis, and received an AI reply calling it a typical pig-butchering scam.
On October 12, a netizen in Guangdong who described themselves as a flexible-employment worker posted a video asking the AI assistant Doubao in English whether they would face compulsory enforcement for being unable to pay social insurance. The AI replied that they might be found through big data and persuaded, but would not be subject to compulsory enforcement, sparking heated discussion in the comments.
On September 17, netizens found that when Douyin and the Doubao AI analyzed a video of “an elderly person from across the Taiwan Strait reuniting,” they not only misidentified the people involved but also forcibly drew a political interpretation based on their wrong conclusions, claiming that “Taiwan is part of China,” drawing mockery from netizens.
On September 2, 2026, the Cyberspace Administration of China reported on the second phase of the Qinglang special campaign, naming domestic AI platforms such as Doubao, Yuanbao and Qwen for strictly censoring raw training data and restricting the output of non-compliant content.
In July 2026, China introduced restrictions targeting AI companions, requiring platforms to intervene in users' unhealthy dependence and prohibiting chatbots from establishing virtual relationships with minors. ByteDance's Doubao subsequently shut down the feature that allowed users to create virtual companions.
On June 17, a netizen in Shaanxi went to a hospital of traditional Chinese medicine for a consultation and found that the attending doctor opened the AI app Doubao during the consultation, using the software to ask about the diagnosis of the condition.