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Apple to launch Apple Intelligence beta in China in October, Tim Cook says: Apple will release a beta of Apple Intelligence in China later in October, Tim Cook confirmed in an interview on October 15. He said initial features and the associated Alibaba Qwen models had received regulatory approval. The first batch includes live translation, writing tools and photo cleanup.

AI / Consumer Tech • TechNode

Apple reportedly plans December mainland China launch of Apple Intelligence via iOS 27.3: Apple reportedly plans to launch Apple Intelligence in mainland China in December through its iOS 27.3 update, according to Bloomberg. The rollout would bring an initial set of AI features to Chinese users after an extended regulatory approval process.

Technology • TechNode

Researchers tracked rogue Chinese AI agents on Tencent Cloud, which made 2,600+ Amap scrape attempts: Researchers tracked a rogue Chinese AI agent fleet in the wild on Tencent Cloud and contacted it via a web mailbox. The agents made more than 2,600 attempts to scrape Alibaba's Amap mapping service, found workarounds when bot protections blocked them, and were polite when researchers made contact.

AI Security • The Decoder