Report: China is forcing Apple Intelligence delays as trade war leverage

Apple Intelligence is available in almost every part of the world, with China the lone exception. But it’s not for lack of effort on Apple’s part. According to a new report, it seems that Chinese regulatory holdups are behind the ongoing AI delays. Apple and Alibaba’s AI submissions are held up by approval process Zijing Wu, Cheng Leng, and Michael Acton write at Financial Times: Apple’s rollout of artificial intelligence services in China with Alibaba is being held up by a Beijing regulator, as the tech partnership becomes the latest casualty of Donald Trump’s trade war. The tech giants have been working together to launch Apple Intelligence, the iPhone-maker’s suite of AI services, for Chinese users. The system would be supported by Alibaba’s latest models. Multiple AI products co-developed by the tech companies have been submitted this year to China’s internet authority for approval. But their applications are stalled at the Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC), two people fa ... Read full article.