Tech giants Google and Apple are engaged in a growing dispute with the European Commission over the future of artificial intelligence on smartphones.
Under new enforcement mandates of the Digital Markets Act (DMA), the EU is demanding that Google grant rival virtual AI agents deeper, feature-rich access to Android by July 2027.
Additionally, the commission is requiring Google to begin sharing its underlying search data with third-party engines and AI chatbots starting in January.
The European Commission argues these rules are vital to level the playing field across the roughly 427 million active smartphones in the region, ensuring that alternative tools like ChatGPT or independent AI agents can operate system-wide alongside default built-in assistants like Gemini and Siri.
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"Opening up system-level permissions to external tools introduces serious vulnerabilities, granting third-party apps access to sensitive device functions."
Both Google and Apple have strongly pushed back against the regulations, warning that giving third-party software direct control over operating systems creates severe cybersecurity risks.
Apple has already delayed launching its upgraded Siri AI features across Europe due to DMA compliance concerns, while Google executives maintain that users already possess the ability to switch default assistants in Android settings without requiring dangerous system-level access.
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