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Apple Joins Google in Opposing EU AI Access Proposal

By  |  May 13, 2026
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Apple has formally challenged proposed European Union rules that could require Google to make parts of its platform more accessible to rival artificial intelligence providers, arguing the measures could expose users to significant privacy and security threats.

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    The response follows a recent consultation launched by the European Commission as regulators work to enforce the Digital Markets Act, a sweeping law designed to reduce the dominance of major technology companies. Under the draft framework, Google could be required to give competing AI services deeper access to functions within its Android ecosystem, according to Reuters.

    Google has already objected to the proposals, saying they could allow outside AI systems to connect directly with core apps and perform actions such as sending messages, sharing images, or completing online purchases. The company has warned that loosening these controls may weaken protections currently built into its services for users in Europe, per Reuters.

    Apple, which is facing its own regulatory pressure in Europe over access to its software and devices, said the Commission’s approach in Google’s case could set a precedent affecting other operating systems across the industry. According to Reuters, Apple told regulators it was closely monitoring the process because of the wider implications for companies that manage tightly integrated digital ecosystems.

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    In its submission, Apple said: “The DMs (draft measures) raise urgent and serious concerns. If confirmed, they would create profound risks for user privacy, security, and safety as well as device integrity and performance.”

    The company also pointed to the unpredictable nature of emerging AI technology, adding: “Those risks are especially acute in the context of rapidly evolving AI systems whose capabilities, behaviours, and threat vectors remain unpredictable as we are now seeing time and again,” according to Reuters.

    Apple went further by questioning the Commission’s technical judgment in shaping the proposals.

    “The EC is redesigning an OS (operating system). It is substituting judgments made by Google’s engineers for its own judgment based on less than three months of work. It is all the more dangerous given the only value that can be discerned from the DMs guiding this work appears to be open and unfettered access,” Apple said, per Reuters.

    Source: Reuters