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Apple Trained Own AI Model for China Market With Help From Alibaba

Reuters reports that Apple has trained its own large language model for the China market, rather than relying on a third-party model to power its Apple Intelligence features in the country.

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The LLM has been developed with the help of Alibaba, according to the report's sources. The development marks a break from Apple's previous strategy of relying on domestic models to bring generative AI to its devices sold in China.

Rollout of its AI features in China is expected in the coming months. The rollout is described by the report as a "dual-track strategy" for AI deployment in China, allowing Apple to navigate regulatory hurdles that have limited access for other U.S. tech companies.

The move makes Apple the first foreign company approved by the Chinese government to offer a proprietary AI model in the country.

Apple previously agreed with Chinese regulators to incorporate Alibaba's Qwen model into Apple Intelligence features, similar to Apple's existing ChatGPT extension available elsewhere. Apple briefly published a support guide in China explaining how Mac users can connect Alibaba's Qwen AI to Siri and Writing Tools, before pulling it entirely less than a day later.

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Top Rated Comments

Mac Fly (film) Avatar
10 weeks ago

Corruption also seems to be widespread in China. It’s maybe not as bad as Russia or third world holes like India, but still far from our beloved and superior western countries.
Keep telling yourself that, mate. The US is deeply rotten politically, down to the core. Great people, but they are rarely told the truth about what's going on (as is the case in many countries probably). Continue to remain sceptical on the positive and negative stories about the archetypal Russian boogieman the media paints lazy cartoon depictions of. And Europe like everywhere else is deeply corrupt. Faux "citizen journalists" planted everywhere. Humanity's eyes will probably slowly open regardless.
Score: 18 Votes (Like | Disagree)
attila Avatar
10 weeks ago

Corruption also seems to be widespread in China. It’s maybe not as bad as Russia or third world holes like India, but still far from our beloved and superior western countries.

Edit: Since I can no longer reply to this thread, I’ll just write my answer here. Yes, the West is not perfect, especially the authoritarian UK and other leftist European governments. Corruption exists in the West too, but it is not an inherent part of the system. We’re still miles ahead when it comes to freedom of speech and democracy. That’s also a reason you’re on Macrumors and not on Huaweirumors or Yandexrumors.
USA currently has the most blatantly corrupt government in the west. That it was so easy to get to this point is proof that it is, indeed, an inherent part of the system.
Score: 15 Votes (Like | Disagree)
one more Avatar
10 weeks ago

Corruption also seems to be widespread in China. It’s maybe not as bad as Russia or third world holes like India, but still far from our beloved and superior western countries.
Humans are corruptible everywhere, it is just hidden better in your “beloved and superior western countries.”
Score: 12 Votes (Like | Disagree)
Hajj.david Avatar
10 weeks ago

Corruption also seems to be widespread in China. It’s maybe not as bad as Russia or third world holes like India, but still far from our beloved and superior western countries.

Edit: Since I can no longer reply to this thread, I’ll just write my answer here. Yes, the West is not perfect, especially the authoritarian UK and other leftist European governments. Corruption exists in the West too, but it is not an inherent part of the system. We’re still miles ahead when it comes to freedom of speech and democracy. That’s also a reason you’re on Macrumors and not on Huaweirumors or Yandexrumors.
We just have better names for it. Its not bribery, its lobbying! Its not insider trading, its wise congressional investments!
Score: 10 Votes (Like | Disagree)
10 weeks ago

...Corruption exists in the West too, but it is not an inherent part of the system. We’re still miles ahead when it comes to freedom of speech and democracy...
No country is "perfect." But the US arrests and tries to deport many when they speak up against ICE and Israel. They're starting and supporting wars and corrupt governments around the world. Iran is not perfect; the US and Israel started a war against them. The US and Israel are collaborating to perpetrate a livestreamed genocide. All those western ai companies have contributed to help them in this war.

Palantir and Peter Thiel are far more dangerous than any ai outside of the US and Israel.
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/apr/21/palantir-manifesto-uk-contract-fears-mps

There's been nothing more dangerous in the world since Nazi Germany, and considering a livestreamed genocide today, the US and Israel are likely more dangerous. These are not just the crazy Trump/Vance/Netanyahu/Herzl/Hitler types; these are full societies going on deranged support of violent supremacy, where people can thoughtlessly say: but still far from our beloved and superior western countries.

And this is with the understanding of the horror that has created in the past.
Score: 9 Votes (Like | Disagree)
Andreas from Zurich Avatar
10 weeks ago
„Hey Siri, what happened on the night of 3 June 1989 on Tiananmen Square?“
Score: 9 Votes (Like | Disagree)
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