The new Siri and other Apple Intelligence features are currently only supported in the iOS 27 beta in English in a small number of countries, but Apple has promised that they will “quickly expand” to additional countries and languages.
China posed a particular challenge for the company as the law there only permits partnering with a Chinese AI company. A report today says that Apple has now reached agreement on this, and will be using two different models …
Reuters reports.
China’s cyberspace regulator said on Wednesday that Apple’s on-device generative AI service “Apple Intelligence” has been registered for use on iPhones in the country. Apple’s intelligence services will incorporate capabilities from Baidu and Alibaba’s AI models, according to a source, who declined to be named.
Apple has not yet confirmed the report, but Alibaba has released a statement saying that its Qwen model will be integrated into Apple’s new operating systems.
