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Apple Intelligence briefly goes live in China without approval, raising the spectre of regulatory penalties

July 11, 2026Carlos Mendoza1 мин

Early Tuesday morning, a surprising event unfolded on iPhones across mainland China. Apple Intelligence, the sophisticated suite of AI-powered tools Apple has been working to introduce to its most significant market beyond the U.S. for nearly two years, briefly became active. It appeared within users' settings menus before quickly vanishing, marking a fleeting and unannounced debut.