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Apple says Apple Intelligence will launch in China in December, backed by Alibaba's Qwen model.
The first batch of Apple Intelligence services arrives for Chinese iPhone users with the iOS 27.3 update in December, after an open beta for developers starting November 4, Apple said. The rollout ends two years of regulatory uncertainty in Apple's second-largest market, SCMP reports, with Alibaba's Qwen AI model powering the features.
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Apple needed a local model partner to ship in China at all, which makes Qwen's role the real story.
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