AI<\/a> features. <\/p>\nHere are some details: <\/p>\n
\u2022 Qwen is Chinese ecommerce giant Alibaba’s family of generative-AI models, which can create text and images and analyse documents, photos and other material in response to user prompts. <\/p>\n
\u2022 Apple’s updated Chinese-language guide says users \u200cwho opt in can use \u2060Qwen through Siri for more detailed responses to some requests, including analysis of photos and documents. Writing Tools can also draw on the service \u2060to create text or images from a description. <\/p>\n
\u2022 The extension is intended for Macs running macOS 26.6 or later, subject to China-specific conditions. Users must activate the extension and sign in to \u200ba Qwen \u200baccount. <\/p>\n
\u2022 Alibaba cannot use those materials to train \u200bor improve its models, according to \u200cthe guide. <\/p>\n
\u2022 Mac shipments in mainland China fell 9% in the first quarter year on year to about 800,000 units, leaving it with 9% of the PC market, versus Lenovo’s 31% and fast-growing Huawei’s 16%, according to Omdia. <\/p>\n
\u2022 Lenovo has made its Tianxi personal AI agent central to its AI-PC strategy, while Huawei is building AI functions across its HarmonyOS \u200cecosystem. <\/p>\n
\u2022 Linking Qwen to Siri and Writing Tools gives \u200bApple a locally compliant route to offer more capable \u200bdocument, image and content-creation functions while \u200bretaining control of the Mac interface. <\/p>\n
\u2022 For Alibaba, integration with Apple’s \u200cbuilt-in software could broaden Qwen’s reach beyond \u200bits own applications and \u200bcloud services. <\/p>\n
\u2022 Alibaba has said Qwen will be incorporated into Apple Intelligence across iPhone, iPad, Mac and Vision Pro software in China, though Apple’s newly published guide covers \u200bMacs only. <\/p>\n
\u2022 Alibaba this week \u200creleased Qwen3.8-Max, a 2.4-trillion-parameter model it says is its most capable to date. \u200bApple’s guide does not identify which Qwen model will power the Mac \u200bextension. <\/p>\n
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