China's cyberspace regulator says Apple Intelligence has been registered for use on iPhones in the country; Alibaba says the service will use its Qwen model (Reuters)

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Apple Intelligence cleared a key China launch hurdle, with Alibaba’s Qwen powering the service on iPhones in the country.

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<a href="https://www.reuters.com/technology/apple-intelligence-ai-service-registered-with-chinas-cyberspace-regulator-2026-07-15/"><img align="RIGHT" border="0" hspace="4" src="http://www.techmeme.com/260715/i12.jpg" vspace="4" /></a> <p><a href="https://www.techmeme.com/260715/p12#a260715p12" title="Techmeme permalink"><img height="12" src="http://www.techmeme.com/img/pml.png" style="border: none; padding: 0; margin: 0;" width="11" /></a> <a href="http://www.reuters.com/">Reuters</a>:<br /> <span style="font-size: 1.3em;"><b><a href="https://www.reuters.com/technology/apple-intelligence-ai-service-registered-with-chinas-cyberspace-regulator-2026-07-15/">China's cyberspace regulator says Apple Intelligence has been registered for use on iPhones in the country; Alibaba says the service will use its Qwen model</a></b></span>&nbsp; &mdash;&nbsp; China's cyberspace regulator said on Wednesday that Apple's on-device generative AI service &ldquo;Apple Intelligence&rdquo; has been registered for use on iPhones in the country.</p>