.... U.S. authorities were concerned that the deal would help a Chinese company to improve its artificial intelligence capacities, broaden the reach of Chinese chatbots with censorship limits and deepen Apple's exposure to Beijing laws over censorship and data sharing, the paper said, citing three people familiar with the matter. ...
In February, Alibaba confirmed its partnership with Apple to support iPhones' AI services offering in China. ...
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