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Google and Apple are having fierce disagreements with the EU over the development prospects of artificial intelligence assistants

2026-07-20·newswire-us-stock-010001

Google and Apple are having fierce disagreements with the EU over the development prospects of artificial intelligence assistants.

Occupy a huge advantage in the competition on the artificial intelligence track: the two companies control billions of smartphones around the world. The above-mentioned views come from the European Commission, which is currently conducting regulatory rectification on the impact of this pattern on artificial intelligence assistants.

Data from market research firm Omdia shows that Apple and Google have long monopolized the smartphone market, with a total of about 5 billion Android phones and iPhones in active use worldwide.

As artificial intelligence applications become more popular and segmented functions continue to become more specialized, the two technology giants are upgrading their AI assistants so that they can assist users in completing various operations rather than simply answering questions.

But the European Commission hopes that other virtual assistants can gain the same important display and use status on mobile phones as Google Gemini and Apple Siri. The European Union has now asked Google to open wider access to Android to other artificial intelligence applications by July 2027.

This mandatory requirement comes from the Digital Markets Act, a set of regulations for large technology companies that will officially come into effect in the European Union in 2023. The European Commission believes that the new regulations can create a level playing field for competition in the artificial intelligence industry.

According to Omdia statistics, about 427 million iPhones and Android phones are subject to this set of EU regulatory rules. However, both Google and Apple have stated that opening up their platforms may cause serious privacy and security risks.

Apple announced in June that due to restrictions under the Digital Markets Act, its new generation of Siri artificial intelligence assistant will not be available on iPhone and iPad devices in the EU. Experts agree that allowing external services to access Apple and Google's operating systems could pose risks to system security and user privacy.

However, some experts question whether Google's core motivation for opposing EU regulations is really based on privacy considerations.

Carly Schroeder, senior legal counsel and director of the Artificial Intelligence and Human Rights Project at the Electronic Privacy Information Center, said in an interview: "I think we cannot fully accept the rhetoric of these technology companies.

We must examine whether they have always truly valued privacy protection, or whether they suddenly used privacy as a reason just because a new regulation harmed their own interests."

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Google and Apple are having fierce disagreements with the EU over the development prospects of artificial intelligence assistants

Occupy a huge advantage in the competition on the artificial intelligence track: the two companies control billions of smartphones around the world. The above-mentioned views come from the European Commission, which is currently conducting regulatory rectification on the impact of this pattern on artificial intelligence assistants. Data from market research firm Omdia shows that Apple and Google have long monopolized the smartphone market, with a total of about 5 billion Android phones and iPhones in active use worldwide. As artificial intelligence applications become more popular and segmented functions continue to become more specialized, the two technology giants are upgrading their AI assistants so that they can assist users in completing various operations rather than simply answering questions. But the European Commission hopes that other virtual assistants can gain the same important display and use status on mobile phones as Google Gemini and Apple Siri. The European Union has now asked Google to open wider access to Android to other artificial intelligence applications by July 2027. This mandatory requirement comes from the Digital Markets Act, a set of regulations for large technology companies that will officially come into effect in the European Union in 2023. The European Commission believes that the new regulations can create a level playing field for competition in the artificial intelligence industry. According to Omdia statistics, about 427 million iPhones and Android phones are subject to this set of EU regulatory rules. However, both Google and Apple have stated that opening up their platforms may cause serious privacy and security risks. Apple announced in June that due to restrictions under the Digital Markets Act, its new generation of Siri artificial intelligence assistant will not be available on iPhone and iPad devices in the EU. Experts agree that allowing external services to access Apple and Google's operating systems could pose risks to system security and user privacy. However, some experts question whether Google's core motivation for opposing EU regulations is really based on privacy considerations. Carly Schroeder, senior legal counsel and director of the Artificial Intelligence and Human Rights Project at the Electronic Privacy Information Center, said in an interview: "I think we cannot fully accept the rhetoric of these technology companies. We must examine whether they have always truly valued privacy protection, or whether they suddenly used privacy as a reason just because a new regulation harmed their own interests."

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