Chinese commerce giant Alibaba has unveiled a new version of its flagship Qwen3 AI model, now compatible with Apple's MLX architecture, signaling that the debut of Apple Intelligence in China is on the horizon.

Alibaba's (NYSE:BABA) update of its Qwen3 open-source, artificial intelligence models for Apple's (NASDAQ:AAPL) MLX architecture, likely signals the eventual deployment of Apple Intelligence features to mainland China,