Apple criticizes EU measures to help AI rivals access Google services<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\nApple on Wednesday reiterated Google’s criticism of EU antitrust regulators’ efforts to force the search giant to help AI rivals access its services, warning the proposed measures pose risks to privacy, security and security.<\/p>\n
Apple was responding to the European Commission’s call last month for feedback on draft measures to help Google comply with the Digital Markets Act, aimed at curbing the power of Big Tech.<\/p>\n
Alphabet-owned Google has said the proposal, which would allow competing AI services to interact with Android apps to send emails, order food or share photos, would weaken key privacy and security safeguards for European users.<\/p>\n
Apple, which is subject to EU proposals to open up its ecosystem, said it has a keen interest in the case given its own operating systems for iPhones, iPads and Mac computers \u2013 highlighting the broader implications for how platforms should handle third-party AI access.<\/p>\n
“The DMs (draft measures) raise immediate and serious concerns. If confirmed, they would pose profound risks to user privacy, security and security, as well as device integrity and performance,” Apple said in its submission.<\/p>\n
\u201cThose risks are particularly acute in the context of rapidly evolving AI systems whose capabilities, behavior, and threat factors remain unpredictable as we are now seeing time and time again.\u201d<\/p>\n
Apple also questioned the technical expertise and objective of the EU regulator.<\/p>\n
“The EC is redesigning an OS (operating system). It is substituting decisions made by Google’s engineers for its own decision based on less than three months of work. This is even more dangerous because the only value that can be identified from the DM guiding this work appears to be open and unfettered access.”<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n