Morning Edition · Saturday, July 18, 2026Published at 2:03 AM EDT · New York
EU Orders Google to Share Search Data With AI Rivals Starting January 2027
Under the Digital Markets Act, Google must give competitors anonymized query, click, and ranking data and open eleven Android assistant features to rival AI, drawing a warning from the company over privacy and security.
The European Commission on July 16 issued guidance requiring Google, under the Digital Markets Act (DMA), to share certain search data with rival search engines and AI firms and to open key Android features to competing assistants. Access t…
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