Apple Likely to Team Up with Alibaba to Bring Apple Intelligence to China

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According to a recent report, Apple has apparently finalized on a partner to bring Apple Intelligence features to its second-largest market, China. Of course, China has strict regulations in place, which have clearly turned out to be rather difficult to navigate for Apple. Previous leaks have revealed that a Deepseek partnership was on the cards for the Cupertino giant, although that did not lead to fruition, with Apple settling for Alibaba as its primary partner. As MacRumors notes, Alibaba will function as a censorship layer of sorts, thereby complying with government-directed filtering and information control. Basically, if the Chinese government deems a certain kind of information inappropriate in any way, it can simply direct Alibaba to have it removed and not served again.

Baidu, Safari's default search engine in China, will function as a secondary partner, aiding Apple Intelligence's 'Visual Intelligence' features. If things go to plan, the AI features should roll out in China sometime towards the middle of this year. Apple Intelligence has faced quite a contentious launch, having struggled with multiple delays and widespread criticism regarding not only the real-world efficacy and usefulness of its features, but also the multiple times that its AI-generated notifications have wildly misrepresented real-life events. The report further states that iPhones sold outside of China will not have access to the China-specific AI system, which is to be expected. It is yet to be seen how the Apple Intelligence launch plays out in China, although we should be able to find out soon enough.



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[Veseleil]

That title...

 

[FreedomEclipse]

Meanwhile. Down at the Whitehouse:

Followed by some nostalgia

 

[Vayra86]

So Alibaba is using its 40 thieves to steal your data and feed the leftovers to Apple.

 

[azrael]

Alibaba Intelligence?

 

[lexluthermiester]

Alibaba Intelligence?

That's what I was thinking. Who knows, right?

 

[Wirko]

Isn't it properly called AliExpress if it comes to end users?

 

[Random_User]

All for money and profit.

Meanwhile. Down at the Whitehouse:

Followed by some nostalgia

Not going into politics. But unfortunately, the investigation, about the CH hacking group over the US telecom's have been ceased/stuffed behind the closed doors, of "T" administration. Nobody gonna know the real scale and depth of this.

Much like some companies are just "allowed" to run business in Ch on the Ch terms and conditions, despite real security implications and dangers, just because these companies provide the stable "support" for those in power. They are fine to serve whoever the wish.

Heck, the Cisco has singlehandedly made a "Great Firewall", and it's considered a reliable security provider fo the US, and other western countries. So is nVidia, and others, who will go everything they can to please the ch, for much higher profit margins, than they will ever be able to gain at "home".

Isn't it properly called AliExpress if it comes to end users?

AFAIK Alibaba is the main/parent company. It mostly does oem/bulk sales. While the AliExpress is a sub-brand/division, that does mostly the retail stuff, and small bulk.

 

[watzupken]

Alibaba Intelligence?

I think Ali Intelligence sounds nice, BUT, Apple can't even get their Apple Intelligence out to their customer for months in a reasonable state, so can they cope with integration with another?