According to various sources, Apple will they eat released Apple Intelligence, iPhone Mirroring and SharePlay Screen Sharing in the European Union because of concerns about regulations in the Digital Markets Act (DMA).
Apple Intelligence is Apple’s artificial intelligence upgrade. A spokesperson for the giant “described Apple Intelligence as a set of ‘large language and diffusion models’ that have out-of-the-box capabilities, as well as ‘on-device semantic indexing’ ( capabilities where data is indexed and classified directly on the user device) work across applications to identify data and provide it to models”. It affects the Siri voice assistant and other functions.
Meanwhile, iPhone Mirroring allows users to view and control their iPhone from their Mac, and SharePlay Screen Sharing allows FaceTime users to control another person’s device during a chat.
Fred Sainz, Apple’s senior director of corporate communications, told The Verge in a statement:
“We are concerned that DMA interoperability requirements may force us to compromise the integrity of our products in ways that risk user privacy and data security.”
Apple is one of six corporations approved by the EU identify are “gatekeepers” with a particularly powerful position in their market. Gatekeeper* corporations besides Apple also include Alphabet, Amazon, ByteDance, Meta and Microsoft. EU lawmakers said the six companies operate 22 “core platform services”. Gatekeeper must comply with the rules of the Digital Markets Act, which comes into force in May 2023.
The rules imposed on gatekeepers cover interactions with third parties, users’ control over their data and the data they create, and businesses’ rights to verify ad hosting on their platform, among other things.
Violations of those rules could result in penalties of up to 10% of a company’s total annual worldwide revenue, or up to 20% in the case of multiple violations, as well as additional remedies. fig. Apple is currently the subject of investigation regarding its business activities in the EU.
*Gatekeeper corporations are organizations that play an important role in controlling or monitoring access to certain markets or industries. These corporations often have great influence in deciding who and what can be allowed to operate or participate in the market, and thus act as “gatekeepers” in the ecosystem. business.
For example, in the information technology and internet sectors, companies such as Google, Facebook (Meta), Amazon, and Apple are often considered “gatekeepers” because they control access to their platforms and have greatly influence the way other applications and services can operate on their platform.
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According to Cointelegraph
