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Apple brings Alibaba’s Qwen AI to Mac users in China
Apple has enabled Mac users in mainland China to connect Siri and Writing Tools to Alibaba's Qwen AI service. The feature, available on macOS 26.6 or later, lets Siri answer detailed requests,…
The Story in Brief
Apple has enabled Mac users in mainland China to connect Siri and Writing Tools to Alibaba's Qwen AI service. The feature, available on macOS 26.6 or later, lets Siri answer detailed requests, analyse photos and documents, and generate text or images. Users must sign in to a Qwen account. Alibaba will not use the data processed through the service to train its models, according to Apple's guide.
The move comes as Apple faces stiff competition in China's PC market. Omdia data shows Apple shipped about 8,00,000 Macs in the first quarter, down 9% year-on-year, holding a 9% market share. Lenovo leads with 31%, while Huawei has 16% and is growing.
The Indian Opinion
Some coverage paints this as Apple's big local AI bet, but the integration is modest: only on Mac, requires a separate Qwen account, and Alibaba cannot use the data for training. The real story is Apple's shrinking Mac share in China, down 9% in Q1, while Lenovo and Huawei race ahead with homegrown AI. Watch whether this Qwen tie-up actually slows that decline in the next quarter's shipment numbers.
Source: timesnownews.com
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