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The move would make Apple the first foreign company approved by Beijing to offer a proprietary AI model in China
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Apple $AAPL has built its own large language model targeting the China market in collaboration with Alibaba Group, according to Reuters, citing three sources close to the situation. The development signals a shift away from Apple's earlier strategy of depending on outside partners' models to deliver AI capabilities to its China devices.
A China-specific model would give Apple greater control over the AI experience in its most competitive overseas market, according to Reuters. Such an outcome would also position Apple as the first foreign company Beijing has cleared to deploy its own proprietary AI model in China — a significant milestone for a U.S. firm at a time of deepening trade and diplomatic friction between the two nations over artificial intelligence.
