Google challenged two EU orders that help rival AI in court.
Google filed challenges at the EU General Court in Luxembourg on Monday, Reuters reported on 29 September.
The European Commission issued both orders in July under the Digital Markets Act, the EU law covering the largest tech platforms. One requires Google to give rival AI developers, such as OpenAI, access to Android services available to its own Gemini AI. That includes letting people choose another AI assistant by voice.
The second order requires Google to share search data with rival search engines. The changes were due in 2027.
Google said: "We're appealing decisions that will force us to share people's private search history without sufficient anonymisation and weaken vital security protections on Android."
The Commission says the orders have robust privacy and security safeguards. Search rival DuckDuckGo said: "The only thing an appeal buys Google is time."
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