According to new reports, the increasing geopolitical tensions between the US and China have faced serious obstacles to the release of Apple’s artificial intelligence in China. Apple Intelligence is currently available all over the world except China.
According to the Financial Times, the cooperation between Apple and Alibaba to present Apple Intelligence to Chinese users has been halted following increased regulatory pressure by the China Cyber Space Office (CAC). According to informed sources, several artificial intelligence products developed by the joint venture of these two technology giants and have been delayed to the Chinese institutions have been delayed due to “increasing geopolitical uncertainty”.
The impact of the China -American trade war on Apple Intelligence
Apple, despite the company’s CEO’s efforts to improve relations with the White House, still strikes the consequences of tension in US -China relations. US President Donald Trump had previously pushed Apple to move its production lines from China to the United States, and even threatened to impose a 25 % tariff on the company’s products if it had not been done last month.
The delay in Apple Intelligence in the Chinese market, which was supposed to be supported by Alibaba’s advanced artificial intelligence models, can now hit Apple. The company has also seen fluctuations in its stock value due to the low speed of global presentation of artificial intelligence capabilities as well as numerous legal and regulatory issues.
The situation comes as the United States and China, the two major economies of the world, are involved in intensive negotiations to reduce mutual tariffs, which increased by up to 145 percent at the height of tensions. The CAC license process, which includes technical tests of artificial intelligence models, is required for all productive artificial intelligence companies in China. So far, more than 300 domestic artificial intelligence models have received this license.
China appears to be using Apple’s cooperation with domestic companies as a leverage in business negotiations. An informed source says that the process of reviewing any US -related contract, especially in sensitive areas such as artificial intelligence, is now scheduled in China and final approval requires the agreement of the Chinese State Council; An institution that is directly involved in trade negotiations with the United States. Of course, the source added that such delays are temporary, and that the process of reviewing could go quickly by the order of the State Council.
On the other hand, the US Department of Commerce’s Industry and Security Department has also raised concerns about this cooperation to Apple and Alibaba, though it has no direct legal tools to prevent it.
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