India, July 18 -- In a timeline when Moonshot AI's advancements with the Kimi-K3 model as a match for Anthropic's Fable 5 and OpenAI's GPT-5.6 Sol is defining artificial intelligence (AI) progress from China, another important development is the fact that Apple Intelligence has been given the green light by regulators in China. They aren't the only ones though, which makes for a rather interesting plot. The contours of Apple Intelligence are becoming clear, and industry analysts believe this removes Apple's biggest competitive disadvantage in the market.

Chinese cyberspace regulators have approved seven on-device AI service applications. Alongside Apple, phone makers Xiaomi, Huawei, Oppo, Vivo, Samsung and ZTE (Nubia) also now have permi...