It's official: EU will force Google to share search data and open up AI on Android
What's happening
The European Union has ordered Google to give rival AI assistants and search engines greater access to core parts of Android and Google Search. The decisions, handed down Thursday, require Google to share search data and open up AI functionality on Android, potentially weakening Google's control over those platforms. Google responded by warning the changes could endanger user privacy and security. The rulings are framed as enforcement of the bloc's digital antitrust rules.
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Regulators moved now to enforce EU digital antitrust rules and target Google's dominance in search and Android.
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Giving rivals access to Google Search and Android won't automatically save consumers from Google's dominance, it could just create a new layer of dependence on Google's data and rules.
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- Google Ordered to Give A.I. Rivals More Access on Android SmartphonesHackerNewsJul 17
- EU will force Google to share search data and open up AI on AndroidHackerNewsJul 16
- It's official: EU will force Google to share search data and open up AI on Android
Google says these changes could endanger user privacy and security.
Ars Technica AIJul 16 - Google ordered to open Android and Search to rivals in Europe
Google must give rival AI assistants and search engines greater access to key parts of Android and Google Search after the European Union ordered the company to comply with the bloc's digital antitrust rules. The two decisions, handed down Thursday, could weaken Google's control over two of the tech industry's most important platforms and have […]
The Verge AIJul 16
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