The approval was granted by the Cyberspace Administration of China

Jul 17, 2026

10:05 am

What's the storyApple's generative artificial intelligence (AI) service, Apple Intelligence, has been approved for launch in China.

The approval was granted by the Cyberspace Administration of China and comes after a deal to integrate Alibaba's Qwen AI model into Apple's operating systems. These include iOS, iPadOS, macOS and visionOS.