Apple Intelligence approved for launch in China with Alibaba and Baidu
China’s regulator cleared Apple Intelligence after Apple lined up local AI partners.
Reuters reported approval tied to Alibaba’s Qwen being integrated into Apple’s operating systems. Baidu also confirmed to TechCrunch that it is working with Apple on Apple Intelligence features for Chinese users. Alibaba said Qwen will support text and image understanding and generation, but gave no launch timing. Apple Intelligence had been delayed in China without regulatory approval. TechCrunch AI's note
Reuters reported approval tied to Alibaba’s Qwen being integrated into Apple’s operating systems. Baidu also confirmed to TechCrunch that it is working with Apple on Apple Intelligence features for Chinese users. Alibaba said Qwen will support text and image understanding and generation, but gave no launch timing. Apple Intelligence had been delayed in China without regulatory approval. TechCrunch AI's note
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