Apple and the European Union are blaming each other for delaying a rollout of the iPhone maker’s long awaited Siri AI app to European users.

A spokesman for the 27-nation EU’s executive arm on Tuesday disputed Apple’s explanation for why the company can’t include European users when the app launches later this year.

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