""The aim is to ensure that third-party providers have an equal opportunity to innovate and compete in the rapidly evolving AI landscape on smart mobile devices," the Commission said in a statement."
""The company will also have to hand over "anonymized ranking, query, click and view data held by Google Search" to rival search engines.""
""Today's proceedings under the Digital Markets Act will provide guidance to Google to ensure that third-party online search engines and AI providers enjoy the same access to search data and Android operating system as Google's own services, like Google Search or Gemini," said Henna Virkkunen, the Commission's executive vice-president for tech sovereignty, security and democracy. "Our goal is to keep the AI market open, unlock competition on the merits and promote innovation, to the benefit of consumers and businesses.""
The European Commission has opened proceedings under the Digital Markets Act requiring Google to grant third-party AI services the same level of access to Android that Gemini receives. Google must also provide anonymized ranking, query, click and view data held by Google Search to rival search engines to help competing services optimize and offer viable alternatives. The Commission aims to preserve an open AI market, foster competition on the merits, and promote innovation on smart mobile devices. The proceedings have a six-month timeline and could lead to formal investigation and fines of up to 10 percent of global annual revenue. Previous concerns include alleged preferential treatment of Google's own services and restrictions on Play Store developers.
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