Apple Confirmed to Companion With Alibaba in China for AI-Powered Apple Intelligence Options: Report

Apple’s partnership with Alibaba was reportedly confirmed on Thursday. As per the report, Alibaba chairperson Joseph Chung-Hsin Tsai confirmed the information on the not too long ago concluded World Governments Summit 2025 held in Dubai. The Chinese language e-commerce large will reportedly supply its synthetic intelligence (AI) fashions and infrastructure to energy Apple Intelligence options in China. The 2 entities have reportedly co-developed a number of AI-powered options that may cater to Apple’s Chinese language consumer base, and it’s presently awaiting regulatory approval. No different particulars are presently recognized.

Alibaba Chairperson Confirms Partnership With Apple

Based on a Reuters report, the Alibaba chairperson confirmed that the corporate is working with Apple to develop and assist the latter’s AI options. “They talked to plenty of corporations in China. Ultimately, they selected to do enterprise with us. They need to use our AI to energy their telephones. We really feel extraordinarily honoured to do enterprise with an incredible firm like Apple,” Tsai was quoted as saying.

Curiously, the Alibaba chairperson additionally mentioned that the Cupertino-based tech large mentioned the partnership with a number of different Chinese language corporations, confirming a earlier report. It was mentioned that the iPhone maker approached Tencent, TikTok’s mother or father firm ByteDance, Baidu, and DeepSeek, nevertheless, a deal couldn’t be struck with any of them. Apple reportedly discovered DeepSeek to lack the mandatory manpower and expertise to cater to its massive consumer base within the nation.

The report additionally claimed that Apple and Alibaba had co-developed a number of AI options and had submitted them to Chinese language regulators for approval. Notably, the iPhone maker couldn’t supply its AI options to customers as China requires approval from its regulators earlier than any firm can develop or supply AI providers. Up to now, no firm exterior of China has been permitted by its authorities.

Apple reportedly determined to work with Alibaba because the e-commerce large is claimed to have saved a large quantity of non-public information containing its customers’ purchasing and fee behaviour. The Cupertino-based firm reportedly believes that the information will permit it to construct and supply extra customised AI options and providers.