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Bank of China’s Apple AI finally debuts: the first batch of AI mobile phone registration lists announced

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On the afternoon of July 15, the "Network China" public account issued an announcement: The Cyberspace Administration, together with relevant departments, has carried out the registration work for generative artificial intelligence services in an orderly manner in accordance with the requirements of the "Interim Measures for the Management of Generative Artificial Intelligence Services". The registration information for 7 new models such as "Apple Smart" that provide mobile terminal-side generative artificial intelligence services will now be announced. Netcom China’s official tweet confirms the first batch of seven mobile phone manufacturers that have passed the registration | Image source: Netcom China This announcement opens a new category – “Mobile terminal-side generative artificial intelligence services.” Translated into adult language: AI is no longer an app on your phone, but a capability that lives in the operating system. This matter has since had a formal regulatory status. Registration information for seven mobile terminal-side generative AI services announced by the Cyberspace Administration | Image source: Netcom China Qianwen immediately made an official announcement, verifying the authenticity of the matter: Alibaba responded to Geek Park and stated that Alibaba Qianwen will be integrated into Apple Smart as an AI capability to bring intelligent experiences to Chinese users of iOS, iPadOS, macOS and visionOS. Users can directly experience Qianwen's text and image understanding, content generation and other capabilities on Apple devices without switching between applications. Qianwen's capabilities as the underlying model of the Bank of China's Apple smart model have been confirmed. At least, it will definitely be one of the options in the list of the Bank of China's Apple smart models. 01 A new list in the country, it is no longer news that AI models on mobile phones need to be registered. The "Interim Measures for the Management of Generative Artificial Intelligence Services" will take effect in August 2023. According to data from the Cyberspace Administration of China, as of June 30 this year, 988 generative AI services have been registered across the country. But looking through past announcements, we can see that large models either provide services in the cloud, or register as functions in the App - this is the first time that a separate table is opened specifically for the "mobile phone side". Why do the ends need to be piped separately? Because it bypasses the entire premise of cloud governance. The model runs on the mobile phone chip, and the generated content does not need to be