Alibaba's Qwen to Power Apple Intelligence in China, Bringing a Chine…

Alibaba's Qwen foundation model will power Apple Intelligence in mainland China following regulatory approval, integrating into iOS, iPadOS, macOS and visionOS. This marks the first significant deployment of a Chinese-developed LLM as core infrastructure inside a major global consumer hardware ecosystem. If you build AI infrastructure or consumer applications in China, the regulatory pathway just shifted from cloud APIs to OS-level integration—and your customer now buys through device makers, not directly. Qwen's success here will trigger a race among Chinese AI labs to embed their models in phones and tablets selling globally.