Google appeals EU orders on access for search and AI rivals

Alphabet’s Google has challenged EU orders requiring it to give AI rivals such as OpenAI access to services available to its Gemini AI model and provide search engine competitors with access to search data. The company says the measures, issued under the Digital Markets Act, would undermine privacy protections and create irreversible harm for European users.

Google filed the challenges at the Luxembourg-based General Court on Monday (Sep 28), escalating its dispute with EU antitrust regulators over how far the Digital Markets Act should go in opening large technology platforms to competitors. The changes will kick in in 2027.

Oliver Bethell, Google’s senior director of competition, said the decisions would force the company to share private search history without sufficient anonymisation and weaken security protections on Android. The European Commission said the measures include robust safeguards for user privacy, device integrity and security, while DuckDuckGo backed the EU position and said Google’s appeal would only buy time.