Apple is reportedly facing a Hurdle adapting Baidu's AI Models in China with Baidu wanting to analyze user data against Apple's Privacy stance
Patently Apple posted a report back in late March titled "Apple and China's Baidu could partner to deliver Generative AI services for iPhone 16 sold in China if the Ministry of Commerce Approves."
It's now being reporting that Apple and Baidu are facing hurdles that could hurt Apple's iPhone sales in China, The Information reported on Wednesday.
The companies, which are adapting Baidu's large language models for iPhone users, are grappling with issues such as the LLMs' understanding of prompts and accuracy in responding to common scenarios, according to the report.
Apple's long-awaited iPhone 16 launch in September had drawn scorn in China for its lack of artificial intelligence features.
Also, Apple's privacy policies do not allow collection of data from iPhone users who make AI-related queries, but Baidu wants to save and analyze this data, according to the report.
Baidu's most advanced model, Ernie 4.0, is being employed as the foundation for Apple's genAI services on the iPhone, Mac and iPad. Reuters