People familiar with the matter say Apple and Baidu have not yet reached an AI cooperation

According to news on March 26, recent media reports stated that Baidu will provide AI functions for the Chinese version of iPhone 16, Mac system and iOS 18 to be released by Apple this year. According to China Daily, an insider close to Apple denied this to reporters, saying that the two parties have not yet reached a cooperation.

Time Weekly reported on March 25 that a Baidu insider revealed that Baidu will provide AI functions for Apple’s iPhone 16, Mac system and iOS 18 to be released this year. The above-mentioned people said that Apple had negotiated with Alibaba and another large domestic model company, and finally decided that Baidu would provide this service. Apple is expected to adopt API interface method for billing. Another Baidu insider said: "Two days ago, there were third-party sources saying that Apple would gather Wen Xinyiyan, but the specific details of the cooperation have not been officially announced." It is understood that Chinese law requires large models to be in Regulatory approval must be obtained before use is allowed. Apple is looking for local generative AI providers in China this time, mainly to meet the compliance needs of the National Bank’s iPhone and other devices. So far, domestic regulators have approved more than 40 large models for use, including Baidu’s Wenxinyiyan. It is noted that Apple has negotiated cooperation with a number of generative artificial intelligence chat robot and large language model manufacturers overseas, including Google and OpenAI.

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