(Dan Tri) - Apple will integrate AI tools developed by Alibaba into iPhones sold in the Chinese market. This is considered a move to please users in the world's largest phone market.

Alibaba President Thai Sung Tin confirmed that the company is working with Apple to deploy an artificial intelligence (AI) system specifically for iPhones sold in the Chinese market.

"Apple talked to a number of companies in China and finally they chose to do business with us. Apple wants to use the AI ​​we developed to operate their phones," Mr. Tsai Sung Tin said at the ongoing World Government Summit in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.

Information about the cooperation between Alibaba and Apple appeared as a rumor a few days ago, helping the stock prices of the two companies increase sharply. In particular, Alibaba's stock price has increased to its highest level since 2022.

Cooperating with Alibaba to bring AI tools developed by Chinese technology companies to the iPhone is considered Apple's move to please users in this country.

China is still the world's largest high-end phone market, but Apple is gradually losing its foothold in this market due to strong competition from domestic phone companies.

"Apple" is looking for ways to regain market share in China and bringing Alibaba's AI to the iPhone is one of the steps to do that.

In addition, equipping Chinese AI on iPhones sold in this market will also help Apple overcome the strict censorship steps of the Beijing government. Previously, Apple had encountered many obstacles and could not bring its AI features to the iPhone in China because it had not been approved by the government.

The Chinese government has issued many strict regulations on the development and use of AI tools in the country, including requiring large language models to be censored for content before reaching users. AI providers also have a responsibility to remove illegal content.

Alibaba is one of the Chinese technology giants that early developed its own large language model and AI virtual assistant, right when ChatGPT first appeared and "caused a fever" globally at the end of 2022.

At the end of January, Alibaba launched an AI model called Qwen 2.5-Max, which the company is confident is capable of defeating today's leading AIs such as ChatGPT, Claude AI, Llama or even DeepSeek.