ModelBest, a Chinese developer of on-device artificial intelligence models, has reached a partnership with Samsung. Its MiniCPM models will be installed on several of Samsung’s flagship smartphones.
On the day the partnership was announced, China’s cyberspace authorities said seven generative AI services designed for smartphones had completed regulatory registration. The list included Apple Intelligence, Huawei’s Xiaoyi, Oppo’s AndesGPT, Vivo’s BlueLM, Xiaomi HyperAI, Samsung’s Galaxy AI, and ByteDance’s Doubao for Nubia smartphones.
The registrations suggest that on-device AI is moving beyond demonstrations and into wider commercial use.
Alibaba also confirmed that Qwen would be integrated into Apple Intelligence on devices sold in mainland China. The integration will cover iOS, iPadOS, macOS, and visionOS, allowing users to access Qwen’s text and image understanding and content-generation functions without leaving Apple’s apps.
Alibaba shares rose after the announcement.
