It IS regulatory. The EU wants “anything Apple AI can do you have to let other AI providers do with equal access”.
Which is fucking stupid, and Apple will never, ever throw open the gates to something so dangerously braindead. Their entire reputation depends on it.
And China is kinda self-explanatory.
China will get there first why because they’re run by engineers. Yes, they will have some stipulations but if you show them a good idea, it’s a good idea. They won’t stand on ceremony and say not invented here.
What is stupid about it? Sounds like (a slightly more) fair competition to me.