HK Stock Market Move | BIDU-SW(09888) rose more than 4% in early trading, according to reports the company will collaborate with Apple to focus on developing an artificial intelligence-based search function.

BIDU-SW (09888) rose more than 4% in the morning session. As of the time of writing, it was up 4.47% to HKD 112.3, with a trading volume of HKD 130 million. On the news front, on July 15th, the "NetInfo China" public account announced that seven mobile end-side generative artificial intelligence service information products have been filed. Among them, the large model "Apple Intelligence" developed by Apple Technology Development (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. was filed on July 8, 2026, with its applicable scenario clearly for Apple phones. It is worth noting that according to market media reports, insiders disclosed that the cooperation between Apple and Baidu is focused on developing an artificial intelligence-based search function. This feature will become an important part of the "Apple Intelligence" feature suite, with powerful image and text processing capabilities. What is even more anticipated is that it will comprehensively upgrade the Chinese version of Siri voice assistant, bringing users a smarter and more convenient interactive experience.