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Google is contesting an EU effort to make Android more open to rival AI bots and give competing providers access to search data, Bloomberg reports.
Why it mattersThe dispute puts control of Android and access to Google’s search data at the centre of a regulatory fight involving competing AI services. The report does not specify what access the EU is seeking or what Google’s challenge entails.
Discuss: Should regulators require platform access for rival AI providers, or should Google be able to decide how Android and its search data are shared?
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Watch Desk Update What changedGoogle has appealed the European Commission’s Digital Markets Act mandates concerning Android at the EU General Court, Bloomberg reports. That gives the dispute over access for rival AI services a formal court challenge, rather than leaving it at the level of regulatory opposition.
Google argues that the requirements threaten user privacy and security, according to Bloomberg. The company’s stated objection is therefore about the consequences of the mandates, not simply whether Android should be opened to competitors.
The appeal does not settle what access rival AI providers will get, or how the court will rule. It does make the next stage clearer: the argument over Android’s obligations will now be tested in court.
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- Google appeals the European Commission's DMA mandates to open up Android at the EU General Court, arguing the requirements threaten user privacy and security (Samuel Stolton/Bloomb: Bloomberg reports that Google appealed the European Commission’s Digital Markets Act mandates concerning Android at the EU General Court, arguing that the requirements threaten user privacy and security.
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