Apple now said to be talking to Tencent and TikTok owner ByteDance for AI features in China

18 December 2024
Apple can't go at it alone because of regulatory hurdles, thus it hasn't launched Apple Intelligence in China yet.

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potato4k, 20 Dec 2024Nobody's forcing your grandpa to use it. Just uninstall it.Hes literally the one telling me to install it whenever he gets a new phone. Literally braind dead. He would drive with it on too. And hes so addicted. That while hes working and his phone is in his pocket. The phone will either dial numbers, take pictures or open up tiktok. And tiktok is the most common thing that happens to him. For me my phone only dials, thats it.

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    • Anonymous
    • ucv
    • 21 Dec 2024

    "Apple is seeing its market share decline in China because of the absence of any AI features on iPhones"
    LOL Apple's market share in China has declined to the "others" category even before the arrival of chatGPT. Not sure what the write was smoking.

      China is not our friend. The U.S. shouldn't be doing business with them.

      I'll also argue that China is not a friend to its own people. There should be more Taiwan and less People's Republic.

      ...That's all I'm gonna say here, because these statements will likely bring out the ire of pro-China peeps, and I don't wanna get in heated debates on this. Peace! 🙏🏻

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        • Anonymous
        • M61
        • 21 Dec 2024

        I hope the Fruit company gets sanctioned by daddy USA just before any possible deal closes lol

        And Apple is a tiny little baby fish in the AI market, especially if you only account for the homegrown Chinese solutions (Tencent funded research, Baidu funded stuff, lots of chinese papers on ArXiv and original research keep coming out) while Apple cannot even sort out its updates or steer clear of ROFLMAO quality tech bloopers in near 2025 (like the AI news summary debacle that's happening RIGHT NOW).

        Tim Apple is just dangling carrots to get his company's pockets stuffed by the highest bidder in China who does the Actual R&D, kinda pathetic really.

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          • Juely
          • txE
          • 20 Dec 2024

          403 Forbidden, 20 Dec 2024> I am quite surprised Apple Intelligence is just rebran... moreIt's very common practice for Apple using pompous, exaggerated boastful name as part of their marketing purpose. Applied to almost of their entire product stack.

          Retina Display : HiDPI Display
          Nano Coating : Etched Glass
          Fusion Drive : SSHD (before ssd was ubiquitous)
          Flash Storage : NVMe based storage
          Liquid Retina : Literary just LCD
          Airdrop : WiFi Direct

          Just some of them.


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            • Lister
            • pLd
            • 20 Dec 2024

            Anonymous, 20 Dec 2024They're part of the NSA. And yes, all the uproar about... moreIf you mean Apple is part of the NSA, then Nothing is part of the MI5, and Huawei is part of the MSS. Fun fact, all three have to give up data to the government of the country they operate in.

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              • Anonymous
              • raQ
              • 20 Dec 2024

              Anonymous, 20 Dec 2024to mange user privacy and information with least amount of ... moreThey're part of the NSA. And yes, all the uproar about a Chinese balloon while US had a lot of spy satellites floating in Space. And that includes Starlink ones.

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                • Anonymous
                • Y}U
                • 20 Dec 2024

                ByteDance does not own Tencent.

                  BrianCoriour, 19 Dec 2024Tiktok is a toxic app that destroys the brain. My grandpa l... moreNobody's forcing your grandpa to use it. Just uninstall it.

                    Anonymous, 20 Dec 2024I am quite surprised Apple Intelligence is just rebranded A... more> I am quite surprised Apple Intelligence is just rebranded AI tools supplied by other firms.

                    Apple has been doing this for a long time, even to their hardware. Their cErAmiC sHiELd is nothing but a rebranded Gorilla Glass.

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                      • Pear
                      • uJD
                      • 20 Dec 2024

                      Anonymous, 20 Dec 2024I am quite surprised Apple Intelligence is just rebranded A... moreThe Model is different per country.. each for regulation, biases and language.

                      Plus Apple themselves cannot collect information without privacy issues.

                      So best is you create a framework and platform and add each countries models / ai.

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                        • Anonymous
                        • YT8
                        • 20 Dec 2024

                        Anonymous, 20 Dec 2024Lol. The west also do their own spying. Stop projecting. Ti... moretiktok ban is like gaming violence scenario after manhunt is release.

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                          • Anonymous
                          • YT8
                          • 20 Dec 2024

                          crispcketlicker, 19 Dec 2024"Tim Cook: Apple Intelligence has been in the works si... moreto mange user privacy and information with least amount of data to collect for a service is a pain and still they're doing it better than other companies in consumer space.

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                            • Anonymous
                            • vaS
                            • 20 Dec 2024

                            BrianCoriour, 19 Dec 2024Tiktok is a toxic app that destroys the brain. My grandpa l... moreA person's Tiktok timeline is a result of the user's browsing history. You're malding too much about something that the west tech companies also do. Why do you think Shorts and Reels were invented?

                            Tiktok also has a better algorithm as they don't push celebrities and high profile CC as much as YT and FB.

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                              • Anonymous
                              • vaS
                              • 20 Dec 2024

                              Anonymous, 20 Dec 2024Apple will stop at nothing to make a buck. This time, demon... moreLol. The west also do their own spying. Stop projecting. Tiktok also complied with US regulations so the upcoming ban is baseless.

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                                • Anonymous
                                • 0p}
                                • 20 Dec 2024

                                I am quite surprised Apple Intelligence is just rebranded AI tools supplied by other firms. Don't they have a division of their own developing these AI tools?

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                                  • Anonymous
                                  • IVB
                                  • 20 Dec 2024

                                  Apple : we are the forefront of the AI.
                                  Also Apple : Hey Tencent, can you help us?

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                                    • Anonymous
                                    • 7@8
                                    • 20 Dec 2024

                                    Apple will stop at nothing to make a buck. This time, demonstrating why Tencent and TikTok should have been shut down in the west ages ago. It isn't a secret China needs to know everything people do in China. How do they do it? By making users access their social media through Tencent's servers.

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                                      • Anonymous
                                      • rKh
                                      • 20 Dec 2024

                                      Anonymous, 19 Dec 2024Just dump EU and China. Just let them be iOS without the AI... moreNo one care about AI

                                        artificial intelligence functions that you will use at most 2 times and never use again!!