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Apple tried to blame the EU for its Siri AI mess, and the EU called them out publicly (www.androidheadlines.com)
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[–] encelado748@feddit.org 11 points 19 hours ago* (last edited 19 hours ago) (1 children)

This statement tells more about Apple than about EU. What DMA says is that third party API access must be on the same level as first party API access.

Apple would have to give any virtual assistant direct access to users’ private data — and the ability to directly control other installed applications

This simply means that Siri AI has direct access to users private data and the ability to directly control other installed applications.

the DMA requires Apple to give any AI system nearly unlimited access to a user’s device, as well as the ability to act on that access autonomously without a user’s ongoing visibility and control. That includes the ability to read and send messages, make purchases, access files, and execute actions across any app.

This is what Siri AI is doing.

The EU rejected Apple decision to not follow the law by giving Siri AI privileged access to users private data and apps while preventing others to do the same.

[–] reddig33@lemmy.world 3 points 18 hours ago

True. It will be interesting to see if Apple:

  • continues to work on the API
  • releases the API in other regions (like North America)
  • eventually moves their own AI to this API (eating their own dog food)

I think Apple got caught in a hard place where they had to start over and get things up and running quickly to head off any lawsuits about not meeting advertised promises about “new Siri”. Their first try didn’t work in iOS 26. They were aiming for 15 to 18 months to get the API working/tested. Let’s see what happens in another year or two.

Also Apple won’t be the only one in this predicament. WhatsApp is already having the same problems with DMA.