Apple has held talks with China’s Baidu about AI, WSJ reports

Apple (AAPL), which has been exploring using external partners to help accelerate its AI ambitions and held discussions with companies including Google (GOOGL) and OpenAI about using their technology to power its mobile features, has held preliminary talks with Baidu (BIDU) about using the Chinese company’s generative artificial-intelligence technology in its devices in China, reported The Wall Street Journal’s Raffaele Huang. In China, which requires AI models to be vetted by its cyberspace regulator before being launched to the public, Apple has been looking for a local generative AI model provider, people familiar with the matter told The Journal.