An Apple store on January 26, 2025, in Chongqing, China.
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Alibaba group President Joe Tsai confirmed Thursday that the company is associated with Apple To deploy AI for iPhones sold in China, speaking at the World Summit of Governments in Dubai.
“”[Apple] spoke to a number of companies in China and, in the end, they chose to do business with us. They want to use our AI to feed their phones, “said Tsai.
The partnership was reported for the first time by the press organization focused on The Information Tuesday, triggering a leap in ALIBABA and Apple.
The actions listed in Hong Kong of Alibaba have jumped Thursday to reach their highest level since 2022 during the intraday session before causing gains, last 2.5%.
The announcement could provide clarity on Apple’s Apple’s strategy in China, helping him to better combat growing competition while the market share of the iPhone is crumbling on the world’s largest smartphones market .
While national rivals such as Huawei have praised AI’s features on their aircraft since last year, Apple has been silent on its thrust of “Apple Intelligence” on the market, despite its intention to get started United States this fall.
Apple Intelligence is the plan of the company based in Cupertino to bring AI to its devices, with an improved version of its Siri vocal assistant, as well as features that automatically organize e-mails and transcribe and summarize the audio.
Analysts told CNBC that the deployment of Apple AI AI in China had probably stopped due to the strict rules of China technology technology.
Beijing has promulgated various regulations on AI in recent years, some of the rules requiring important language models to obtain the approval of commercial use. Generative AI providers are also responsible for deleting “illegal” content.
However, TSAI said Thursday that the Alibaba partnership could offer Apple a local partner to help it navigate the regulatory environment and locate its AI.
Alibaba is one of the Chinese technology giants that have built their own language models and voice assistants.
– Anniek Bao of CNBC contributed to this report.
