Apple is associated with Alibaba to bring functions from AI to China, according to The Information

The American technology Apple has associated with the Asian Alibaba to develop functionalities promoted by artificial intelligence (AI) to The devices that are sold in the Chinese market, as The Information has recently known.

Currently, Apple Intelligence is only available in concrete regions and in English -speaking countries, such as the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom and Australia, among others, where it has arrived through iOS 18.

It is expected to be implemented in Europe In the coming months and also in China, where until now it cannot be used because the company needs to be associated with a local company to be able to launch the functions of AI in the market of this country.

To do this, Apple would have evaluated Tencent, Bytedance, Deepseek and Baidu models. While initially he had selected this last company as a partner, the problems to adapt the standards of this other company were an inconvenience for the American technology, which has ruled out.

Finally, it has been Alibaba that chosen to execute this action and has already put to work with it to bring functions of the lounge to this market, as the information has recently confirmed and collect media such as Techcrunch.

With this association, Apple seeks to increase the sales of its latest model of ‘smartphone’, iPhone 16, which recorded a greater number of sales in those markets in which Apple Intelligence can be used, as the executive director advanced a few days ago From the company, Tim Cook.