of European Commission Reportedly investigate whether GoogleGenerative artificial intelligence (AI) Samsung Prevents other companies’ chatbots from infiltrating Samsung smartphones.
Antitrust regulators are questioning industry participants about the deal and may use that information to launch legal action against the companies, Reuters reported. report Wednesday (July 17th).
At the heart of this effort is Google’s Gemini Nano The AI model is from Samsung Galaxy S24 According to reports, the smartphone series.
In a request for information sent by the European Commission to industry participants, the Commission asked whether the contract would limit the number of other generative AI systems that can be pre-installed on devices, limit interoperability with other chatbots or apps that are pre-installed on phones, and themselves The company reportedly tried to strike deals with device makers to pre-install the chatbot but was unsuccessful.
Executive Vice-President of the European Commission Margrethe Vestager In June, regulators Submit a request Google Placement Partnered with Samsung to pre-install Gemini Nano be Samsung devices.
“Another risk we see is that big tech companies could make it harder for smaller foundational model developers to reach end users, whether alone or in partnership with preferred providers,” Vestager said at a European Commission workshop on June 28. “That’s why we’re closely monitoring distribution channels to ensure that businesses and consumers have a wide choice of foundational models.”
In another recent move, the European Commission Amazon Until then From July 26th Passing information About the measures we have taken to comply with the Digital Services Act.
The Digital Services Act was adopted last year and requires “large online platforms” like Amazon to do more to tackle illegal or harmful content.
“In particular, Amazon is asked to provide detailed information about its compliance with the rules on transparency of its recommendation system,” the committee said.
Connections Microsoft and Open AI teeth Also, Given the Learn more By the European Commission.
Vestager said on June 28 that regulators had “determined that certain exclusivity clauses Adversely affect “We’re competitors.”
