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By Stephen Nellis

CUPERTINO, California, June 9 (Reuters) - Apple ( AAPL )

said on Monday it will open up the underlying technology it uses

for Apple Intelligence.

Apple ( AAPL ) software chief Craig Federighi said the company is

opening up the foundational AI model that it uses for some of

its own features to third-party developers.

"This work needed more time to reach our high quality bar,"

Federighi, Apple's ( AAPL ) senior vice president of software

engineering, said of the delays of some features such as

improved Siri.

Apple ( AAPL ) is facing an unprecedented set of technical and

regulatory challenges as some of its key executives kicked off

the company's annual software developer conference on Monday.

Federighi also said Apple ( AAPL ) plans a design overhaul of all of

its operating systems.