On July 15, 2026, the Cyberspace Administration of China registered Apple's generative AI service, making Apple the first foreign company authorized to offer a proprietary AI model in China. According…
China's Cyberspace Administration (CAC) issued guidance in mid-September 2025 barring major tech firms like ByteDance and Alibaba from purchasing Nvidia AI chips, including the RTX Pro 6000D, pushing …
Apple has trained its own large language model for the China market with support from Alibaba Group, according to three people familiar with the matter, marking a strategic shift from its earlier reli…
Apple trained its own AI model for China with support from Alibaba, according to Reuters, and the Cyberspace Administration of China registered Apple's generative AI service last month, clearing a key…
Apple has built its own proprietary AI model for China with support from Alibaba, becoming the first foreign company approved to offer such a model in the country, according to Reuters. The model, dev…
Apple has trained a large language model specifically for China with support from Alibaba, giving the iPhone maker a proprietary component for an AI system built around Beijing's rules and domestic te…
Apple has trained a large language model specifically for the China market in partnership with Alibaba Group, three sources said, a departure from its previous reliance on third-party models. The move…
Apple Inc. is in talks with publishers over multiyear content deals to provide its revamped Siri AI with access to current news, as reported by The Wall Street Journal. The discussions come as Apple r…
China's generative AI services must complete both a security assessment and an algorithm filing before public launch, as outlined in the Interim Measures for the Management of Generative AI Services. …
China's new AI-generated content labelling measures, effective September 1, 2025, mandate both visible and metadata labels for synthetic content, with obligations distributed across generators, platfo…
Apple Inc. briefly published a support guide in China on August 8 explaining how Mac users could connect Alibaba Group's Qwen AI to Siri and Writing Tools, requiring macOS 26.6 or later and a personal…
Shanghai's cyberspace authority registered 11 new generative AI services on Sunday, bringing the city's cumulative total to 211, according to an announcement that did not name the services. The regist…
A new book, 'From Lab to Life: How AI Works in China' by Collin Hogue-Spears, published by Gatekeeper Press on August 4, details China's AI regulatory system, emphasizing that compliance and filing, n…
China's Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC) has drafted a law targeting AI-enabled cyberbullying, mandating real-time monitoring and removal of deepfakes and AI-generated harassment, with fines u…
China's internet regulator, the Cyberspace Administration of China, published draft rules on 29 July to combat cyberbullying, including abuse generated with artificial intelligence. The rules require …
China's government has proposed new regulations to ban AI-powered romantic relationships, citing concerns over social stability and ethical risks. The draft rules, published by the Cyberspace Administ…
At the World Artificial Intelligence Conference in Shanghai on July 17, Nubia, StepFun, and Honor each unveiled what they called the world's first AI agent smartphone, highlighting a fragmented market…
China's first regulations on AI companion services took effect July 15, banning platforms from offering virtual partners or relatives to minors. The rules, jointly issued by the Cyberspace Administrat…
China banned customizable AI companion apps on July 15, 2026, under regulations jointly issued by five government departments including the Cyberspace Administration of China, forcing ByteDance, Aliba…
China's Cyberspace Administration issued new rules on April 10 banning emotionally interactive AI services for minors, effective July 15, forcing ByteDance, Alibaba, Tencent, and NetEase to rapidly di…