On March 25th, a reporter from the Science and Technology Innovation Board Daily learned from insiders that Baidu will provide AI functionality for Apple's iPhone 16, Mac system, and iOS 18 released this year. Apple has had discussions with Alibaba and another domestic large model company, and finally decided that Baidu will provide this service. Apple expects to use API interfaces for billing.
Apple's adoption of domestically produced large model AI functions for domestic iPhone and other devices is mainly due to compliance needs. The company is unable to solve compliance issues in the short term, but the AI functions for foreign versions of iPhone and other devices come from Apple's own large models.