Alphabet’s<\/a> Google will have to help OpenAI and other AI rivals, as well as online search engine competitors, access its services \u2060to comply with EU rules curbing the power of Big Tech, EU regulators said as they set \u200bout the details of \u200bthe requirements.<\/p>\nThe move \u200bby the European Commission, which acts as the EU competition enforcer, came six months after the regulator opened so-called specification proceedings to assist the world’s most popular internet search \u2060engine \u200cto comply with the Digital Markets Act.<\/p>\n
Google reiterated \u2060its criticism of the EU-mandated changes.<\/p>\n
“Today’s decisions risk undermining vital privacy and security guardrails for millions of Europeans,” Google’s lawyer Kent Walker said in an email.<\/p>\n
“We have repeatedly offered solutions to safeguard \u200cusers while satisfying the DMA’s goals, but these rulings discount extensive evidence of user harm,” he said.<\/p>\n
The Commission said Google will open up \u200b11 features on its Android operating system to AI rivals to access key functionalities and better compete with Google’s Gemini AI service.<\/p>\n
This would mean that users can activate a rival AI assistant via voice commands, similar \u2060to the ‘hey Google’ command, to book a taxi or search for information on places. \u200cUsers will benefit from the changes from July 2027 in \u200cthe next iteration of Android.<\/p>\n
The Commission said the measures contain robust safeguards to protect users’ privacy and device security, and that Google will only offer the 11 features to rivals \u2060who fulfil security and privacy criteria.<\/p>\n
The EU decision also requires Google to \u2060share the data that it collects to optimise its own search \u2060services with OpenAI and other AI chatbots with search functionalities, subject to anonymisation.<\/p>\n
Google can first assess whether rivals pose cybersecurity and data protection \u200brisks before it opens up \u200cto them. The EU measure, which will be implemented from January next year, includes a formula to calculate the price of the shared data.<\/p>\n
“Thanks to these measures we hope to see emerging alternatives to Google Search and Google’s AI services, such as Gemini, and that \u200busers in the EU can \u200cenjoy greater choice of services,” EU tech chief Henna Virkkunen said in a statement. \u200b\u200c<\/p>\n
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