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Google was targeted by European Union (EU) watchdogs who unveiled a slate of proposals aimed at prising open its Android ecosystem to rivals\u2019 artificial intelligence (AI) services.<\/p>\n
(April 28): Google was targeted by European Union (EU) watchdogs who unveiled a slate of proposals aimed at prising open its Android ecosystem to rivals\u2019 artificial intelligence (AI) services.<\/p>\n
The European Commission said on Monday it wants the Alphabet Inc unit to ensure \u201ccompeting AI services can effectively interact with applications on users\u2019 Android devices and execute tasks,\u201d in order to comply with the rules.<\/p>\n
While Monday\u2019s proposals under the EU\u2019s Digital Markets Act (DMA) is a step shy from a formal investigation or order, it aims to guide the US giant into compliance with the rules. The escalation confirmed an earlier report by Bloomberg News.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
The \u201cproposed measures will give more choice to Android users about the AI services they use and integrate in their phone, including from the vast range of AI services that compete with Google\u2019s own AI,\u201d EU competition chief Teresa Ribera said in a statement. EU regulators added they were seeking industry feedback on the plan.<\/p>\n
Google\u2019s Gemini enjoys access to core features on Android, including integration and communication with a range of apps. The EU wants the company to grant an equally effective level of access to key Android features \u2014 such as voice activation technology that users can operate to activate an AI service.<\/p>\n
In a statement, Google\u2019s senior competition counsel Clare Kelly hit out at the EU\u2019s measures, saying the \u201cunwarranted intervention\u201d could unnecessarily drive up \u201ccosts while undermining critical privacy and security protections for European users.\u201d<\/p>\n
The EU\u2019s DMA lays out a raft of dos and don\u2019ts for Big Tech firms and has provoked the ire of White House, being slammed by President Donald Trump as unfairly targeting American companies.<\/p>\n
In the face of transatlantic pressure, the EU has pursued enforcement of the rulebook tentatively, having only dished out relatively modest fines of \u20ac500 million\u00a0against Apple Inc and \u20ac200 million against Meta Platforms Inc so far.<\/p>\n
The EU could later decide to start a formal probe if Google doesn\u2019t step into line with Monday\u2019s findings \u2014 a move that comes with its own threat of financial penalties. The Mountain View, California firm has come in for fines totaling close to \u20ac9.5 billion from the EU for abusing its dominance over the years.<\/p>\n
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