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        Apple Says It Won't Ship Apple Intelligence for EU Users in 2024

   Adam Engst

   At Bloomberg, [1]Samuel Stolton and Mark Gurman write:

     Apple Inc. is withholding a raft of new technologies from hundreds
     of millions of consumers in the European Union, citing concerns
     posed by the bloc's regulatory attempts to rein in Big Tech.

     The company announced Friday that it would block the release of
     Apple Intelligence, iPhone Mirroring and SharePlay Screen Sharing
     from users in the EU this year, because the Digital Markets Act
     allegedly forces it to downgrade the security of its products and
     services.

   Apple points the finger of blame at the interoperability requirements
   of the Digital Markets Act. I'm spitballing here, but I could imagine
   the DMA requiring Apple to give EU users a choice regarding the
   Apple-proprietary models used by Apple Intelligence, which sounds like
   a technical impossibility. Apple has already promised users that they
   will eventually be able to swap other AI chatbots in place of the
   ChatGPT integration.

   There may be political maneuvering here as well. Apple said that Apple
   Intelligence features will roll out over the course of the next year
   and that early releases will require Siri and the device language to be
   set to US English. In other words, international users probably
   wouldn't have gotten Apple Intelligence in 2024 anyway. By blaming the
   lack of desirable features like iPhone Mirroring, SharePlay Screen
   Sharing, and Apple Intelligence on the DMA, Apple may hope to sway
   public opinion in the EU against the regulations.

   [2]Read original article

References

   1. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-06-21/apple-won-t-roll-out-ai-tech-in-eu-market-over-regulatory-concerns
   2. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-06-21/apple-won-t-roll-out-ai-tech-in-eu-market-over-regulatory-concerns

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