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EU orders Google to open Android and Search to rivals

As reported by The Verge, both decisions are expected to weaken Google's control over two of its biggest platforms while creating new opportunities for competing AI assistants and search services. Google has been ordered to give rival AI assistants and search engines greater access to key parts of Android and Google Search after the European Union ruled the company must comply with the bloc's Digital Markets Act (DMA).

EU orders Google to open Android and Search to rivals

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Google has been ordered to give rival AI assistants and search engines greater access to key parts of Android and Google Search after the European Union ruled the company must comply with the bloc's Digital...

As reported by The Verge, both decisions are expected to weaken Google's control over two of its biggest platforms while creating new opportunities for competing AI assistants and search services.

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Google has been ordered to give rival AI assistants and search engines greater access to key parts of Android and Google Search after the European Union ruled the company must comply with the bloc's Digital Markets Act (DMA). As reported by The Verge, both decisions are expected to weaken Google's control over two of its biggest platforms while creating new opportunities for competing AI assistants and search services.

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