Apple and Alibaba join forces in China's AI market

Apple has struck a deal with Chinese tech giant Alibaba to bring artificial intelligence to the world's largest mobile phone market. The move means Apple will be able to offer its AI services in China, resolving months of uncertainty over the US company's expansion into the Chinese market. The partnership with Alibaba is a strategic move that will allow Apple to overcome regulatory hurdles that have prevented it from fully expanding in China.

Apple $AAPL has decided to partner with China's Alibaba to bring its AI services to the Chinese market, an important step for the US firm that shows its renewed interest in the world's largest mobile market. According to Joe Tsai, Alibaba's chairman, Apple chose this Chinese firm among several other options, including DeepSeek, Baidu, ByteDance and Tencent. Tsai said at the World Government Summit in Dubai that Apple has decided to use $BABA' s AI technology to power its phones, but did not provide further details, such as a timeframe for the…