// THE VERGE — INTELLIGENZA ARTIFICIALE
Apple trained its own AI model for China with help from Alibaba
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The rare US-China partnership comes as Apple prepares to roll out its on-device generative AI service in China.
The rare US-China partnership comes as Apple prepares to roll out its on-device generative AI service in China.
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Apple has reportedly trained a custom AI model for the China market alongside domestic tech giant Alibaba, a rare cross-border partnership that cuts across growing tensions between Beijing and Washington.
The China-focused large language model was developed in partnership with Alibaba and trained with the company’s support, Reuters reports, citing three unnamed people familiar with the matter.
Developing a custom model of its own marks a departure from Apple’s previous strategy in the country and would give the company more control over its products in the competitive Chinese smartphone market. Historically, Apple has used domestic Chinese models to bring generative AI to its devices sold there, as the US models it uses elsewhere — like OpenAI’s ChatGPT — aren’t available.