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July 24, 2026 \u2022
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Apple\u2019s developing artificial intelligence strategy is increasingly tied to questions about privacy. Reporting on the European Union\u2019s AI interoperability rules<\/a> describes a dispute over how much operating-system access competing assistants should receive. Apple argues that broad access could expose sensitive personal information or weaken protections around Siri and other system features.<\/p>\n

Apple and European Regulators Disagree About AI Assistant Access<\/h2>\n

The European Union\u2019s Digital Markets Act<\/a> requires certain large technology platforms to provide competitors with access to important features when comparable access is available to the platform owner\u2019s own products.<\/p>\n

European regulators have been examining how this principle should apply to AI assistants. In practice, the issue could affect whether third-party assistants receive access comparable to Siri\u2019s access to operating-system features and user information.<\/p>\n

Apple argues that giving outside assistants broad access could create security and privacy risks. A deeply integrated assistant may need to work with messages, calendars, contacts, files, notifications, photos, location information, and data from other applications.<\/p>\n

Apple said it proposed an 18-month transition while it developed a system for safer third-party assistant access, but regulators rejected the plan. The Verge reported<\/a> that Apple has no public timetable for bringing Siri AI to iPhone and iPad users in the European Union. Apple\u2019s WWDC announcement<\/a> says Siri AI will remain available there on Mac and Vision Pro.<\/p>\n

Google faces related Android requirements<\/a>, but it has until 2027 to make the required changes. That allows Gemini to remain available while Google works on compliance.<\/p>\n

The disagreement involves more than competition between AI companies. It raises a legitimate privacy question: how much personal information should an operating system expose to an assistant created by another company?<\/p>\n

A useful AI assistant may need broad access to be genuinely helpful. It might need to read a message, find a date, open a document, check a calendar, or perform an action inside another application. Each new connection also creates another opportunity for misuse, excessive collection, security mistakes, or confusing permission requests.<\/p>\n

The safest outcome would include clear permission controls, limited access by default, understandable explanations, and the ability to revoke access without disabling unrelated features.<\/p>\n

Privacy and Competition Are Both Real Concerns<\/h2>\n

Apple has a commercial reason to protect Siri\u2019s position, so its privacy argument should not be accepted without examination. Regulators also have a reasonable interest in preventing one company from using control of an operating system to exclude competitors. At the same time, forcing technical access without strong limits could expose information that people reasonably expect the operating system to protect.<\/p>\n

These goals do not have to be treated as opposites. Competition can be encouraged while still requiring:<\/p>\n