Apple has trained its own large language model for the China market with assistance from Alibaba, according to Reuters sources. The approach represents a shift from Apple's earlier plan to rely on Alibaba's Qwen model for its Apple Intelligence features in China. Apple became the first non-Chinese firm cleared by regulators to deploy a self-developed AI model there. The AI features are expected to roll out in the coming months.
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