Google Faces New EU Pressure to Give AI Rivals Android Access | PYMNTS.com

The demands will be part of the Commission’s effort to get the tech giant to allow other AI assistants to use the same voice activation, search tools and other Android features that Google’s own Gemini assistant uses, according to the report.

If Google does not comply with the demands when they are issued, the company could face a formal European Union probe that could result in financial penalties, the report said.

When the EU announced in January that it was launching an effort to pressure Google to remove barriers to other AI assistants, the company said it was concerned that such a move could “compromise user privacy, security and innovation,” per the report.

In the January announcement, the…