Google is pushing back against opening up Android AI and Search

Google is challenging the EU’s DMA requirements in court, which would force it to open Android further to rival AI assistants and share Search data with competitors.

The Android changes could eventually let you set an AI assistant like ChatGPT as your preferred assistant and summon it with a voice command.

Google says the Search requirement could put users’ privacy at risk, arguing that personal search queries could be exposed to rivals without sufficient anonymization and safeguards.

Back in July, the European Commission handed Google a pretty big to-do list. It wanted the company to make Android more open to rival AI assistants and separately asked it to share Google Search data with competing search providers. Google wasn’t exactly thrilled with either requirement, and now it’s taking the fight to court.

According to Bloomberg, Google is appealing the European Commission’s Digital Markets Act (DMA) decisions to the EU’s General Court in Luxembourg.

Let’s start with the Android side, because that’s …