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According to a report published Tuesday byThe Information , Apple is partner with Alibaba to bring in its Apple Intelligence political platform to China . The deal is said to arrive after the iPhone Godhead reportedly explored — but in the end refuse — a possible partnership with uber - buzzy AI startupDeepSeek , as well as with ByteDance .
Apple ab initio choose Baidu as its partner in bring Apple Intelligence to its customers in China , but issues accommodate the Taiwanese hunting giant ’s theoretical account were apparently too great to overcome .
While China has been a cardinal market place for the party , the flagship feature has yet to debut in the world ’s expectant smartphone market place . CEO Tim Cook cited the lack of Apple Intelligence as a driving force behind arecent 11 % iPhone sales declinein China . domesticated phone Maker let in Huawei have rush in to fill that vacuum .
The new theme arrives ahead of Apple’santicipated fourth - coevals iPhone SE launching . The budget - focused French telephone has historically been a key driver for iPhone sales in both China and India , the world ’s first and second large smartphone food market , respectively .
Apple previouslypartnered with OpenAIfor Apple Intelligence ’s U.S. launching . That flock adds ChatGPT access to the Siri smart helper . Apple has also state that it is open to extra partnership , includingGoogle ’s Gemini .
