{"slug": "apple-intelligence-okd-to-launch-in-china-using-ai-models-from-baidu-and-alibaba", "title": "Apple Intelligence OK’d to Launch in China, Using AI Models from Baidu and Alibaba", "summary": "Chinese regulators granted Apple a license to launch its Apple Intelligence AI service in China, with Alibaba and Baidu providing AI models. The approval allows Apple to integrate AI features like text and image generation into iPhones for Chinese users.", "body_md": "Ben Jiang, reporting from Beijing for the South China Morning Post:\n\nChinese regulators have granted Apple a long-awaited licence to roll out its artificial intelligence service on iPhones in the country, with Alibaba Group Holding and Baidu serving as technical partners.\n\nThe Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC), the country’s internet watchdog, published a notice on Wednesday confirming the licence for Apple Intelligence — the AI feature used to summarise emails, draft reports, edit images and perform other tasks. It was granted alongside six other smartphone-based AI services, including those for Samsung and Huawei Technologies.\n\nAn Alibaba representative told the South China Morning Post on Wednesday that its Qwen large-language model would “be integrated into Apple Intelligence experiences within iOS, iPadOS, macOS and visionOS for users in China”. This would allow users to access the model’s capabilities such as text and image generation, the representative said. Alibaba owns the South China Morning Post.\n\nA Baidu representative also told the SCMP on Wednesday that it was working with Apple to develop AI features for Apple Intelligence in China.\n\nThis isn’t about Siri AI, announced last month at WWDC for iOS 27 — this is the initial approval for Apple Intelligence, which was announced two years ago and rolled out in iOS 18. It’s unclear in any of [this coverage today](https://www.techmeme.com/260715/p12#a260715p12) whether this is a green light for Siri AI this year too.", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/apple-intelligence-okd-to-launch-in-china-using-ai-models-from-baidu-and-alibaba", "canonical_source": "https://www.scmp.com/tech/policy/article/3360685/china-approves-apple-intelligence-phones-alibaba-baidu-emerging-partners", "published_at": "2026-07-15 22:35:18+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-07-15 23:00:22.433583+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["artificial-intelligence", "ai-policy", "ai-products", "large-language-models", "ai-infrastructure"], "entities": ["Apple", "Alibaba Group", "Baidu", "Cyberspace Administration of China", "Samsung", "Huawei Technologies", "Qwen", "South China Morning Post"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/apple-intelligence-okd-to-launch-in-china-using-ai-models-from-baidu-and-alibaba", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/apple-intelligence-okd-to-launch-in-china-using-ai-models-from-baidu-and-alibaba.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/apple-intelligence-okd-to-launch-in-china-using-ai-models-from-baidu-and-alibaba.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/apple-intelligence-okd-to-launch-in-china-using-ai-models-from-baidu-and-alibaba.jsonld"}}