Apple has picked Alibaba over DeepSeek to roll out its AI-powered suite of services for the iPhone in China — a move designed to counter declining sales.

While Apple Intelligence has reached the EU -- and, according to some, devices where it had already been declined -- the company hasn’t launched its AI features in China yet. A report by The Information on Tuesday indicates it could be getting closer,

Apple aims to launch its artificial intelligence features in China as early as May, Bloomberg News reported on Thursday, citing people with knowledge of the matter.