China approves Apple Intelligence for iPhones with Alibaba, Baidu as partners

China's Cyberspace Administration (CAC) has approved Apple Intelligence for iPhones, ending a two-year delay. The AI feature, which summarizes emails, drafts reports, and edits images, will be deployed using capabilities from Alibaba and Baidu. Baidu confirmed it is working with Apple to develop AI features for the Chinese market. The license applies only to iPhones, not iPads or Macs. Apple Intelligence and Samsung's Galaxy AI were the only foreign services approved; five local vendors—Huawei, Oppo, Vivo, Xiaomi, and ZTE—also received licenses, with ByteDance partnering with ZTE.