GOOGLE IS BETTER AT PLAYING THE AI REGULATIONS GAME
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Google CEO Sundar Pichai | Bloomberg via Getty Images Today, the European Union ordered Google to give its AI rivals greater access to Android, the open-source operating system that powers billions of devices worldwide. The demand is hardly surprising.
It may look like a defeat on paper for Google, which has spent years resisting exactly this kind of access, but it is a regulatory win. It's also a sign that Google may have outmaneuvered Apple by playing Brussels' regulatory game far more shrewdly. In one of two decisions handed down on Thursday, the European Commission - the EU's executive arm and the principal enforcer of the bloc's competition rules - said Google must give rival AI assistan … Read the full…
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- The Verge: Google CEO Sundar Pichai | Bloomberg via Getty Images Today, the European Union ordered Google to give its AI rivals greater access to Android, the open-source operating system that powers billions of devices worldwide.
- The Verge: It may look like a defeat on paper for Google, which has spent years resisting exactly this kind of access, but it is a regulatory win.
- The Verge: It's also a sign that Google may have outmaneuvered Apple by playing Brussels' regulatory game far more shrewdly.
- The Verge: In one of two decisions handed down on Thursday, the European Commission - the EU's executive arm and the principal enforcer of the bloc's competition rules - said Google must give rival AI assistan … Read the full…
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- Published: 16 Jul 2026, 17:55 UK.
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