# Apple Trained a China Model With Alibaba

> Apple Intelligence finally gets a Beijing stamp. The model is not Cupertino's usual one.

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Beat: Tech
Published: August 15, 2026
Source title: Apple trains its own AI model for China market with Alibaba's support
Source URL: https://www.rappler.com/technology/apple-trains-own-ai-model-china-market-alibaba-support/
Tags: apple, alibaba, china, apple-intelligence

## Article

No way, Apple. You trained your own China model with Alibaba after years of saying the phone would just borrow someone else's brain, and now you want credit for being first foreign firm approved in Beijing. That's the pose. The features were missing on the shelf. The partner did the homework. Leave it in Cupertino.

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