GuShiio.com ① According to the technology media The Information quoted sources, Apple is working with Alibaba to develop and launch artificial intelligence (AI) for iPhone users in China;
② Boosted by this news, U.S. stocks of both companies surged more than 3% on Tuesday.
Cailian News, February 12 (Editor Xia Junxiong)According to the technology media The Information quoted sources, Apple is working with Alibaba to develop and launch artificial intelligence (AI) for iPhone users in China.
Boosted by the news, U.S. stocks of both companies surged more than 3% on Tuesday.
Reported that Apple and Ali have submitted the jointly developed AI functions to regulatory agencies for approval.
According to people familiar with the matter, Apple has been testing different AI models from China developers since 2023, and once chose Baidu as its main partner. However, the cooperation between the two parties was cancelled because Baidu’s progress in developing the Apple Intelligence model did not meet Apple’s standards.
Apple has begun to consider other options in recent months, evaluating AI models developed by China Internet giants such as Tencent, Alibaba and ByteDance.
The report also said that Apple also tested the AI model of DeepSeek, a recently popular AI startup, but because the Deepseek team lacked the manpower and experience needed to support large customers like Apple, Apple finally chose to give up adopting Deepseek’s model.
According to public information, Deepseek was established in July 2023 and is headquartered in Hangzhou, China, with approximately 150 employees.
Apple first announced Apple Intelligence at last year’s WWDC (World Developers Conference) and announced a partnership with AI company OpenAI. Apple is counting on AI capabilities to boost sales of hardware devices.
In December last year, Apple Intelligence was first launched in English-speaking countries such as the United States, the United Kingdom, Australia and Canada.
At the end of last month, Apple announced its results report for the first fiscal quarter of fiscal 2025 (the fourth quarter of natural year 2024). Although the company’s quarterly revenue, profit and gross profit margin all hit record highs, it performed poorly in the important Greater China market.
Apple CEO Cook said on a conference call after the earnings report that the company’s performance in the China market is affected by multiple factors, changes in “channel inventory” are an important reason, and another unfavorable condition is that Apple Intelligence has not yet been launched in China.
