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In Europe, security has become the price of entry to the AI market | perspective | SC Media
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22 July 2026
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Fusion42 · 23 July 2026 · Fusion42 review
The European Commission has issued binding DMA decisions requiring Google to open Android AI features to rivals and share anonymised search data with competitors from January 2027. Security compliance is now a formal gating condition for market access to Europe's digital ecosystems, not a post-hoc requirement.
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◆ The Wire takeaway
If you're building an AI assistant in Europe, you now need to pass Google's security audit before you can ship to Android users or touch search data—and you're not getting a second chance if you fail it. The commission just turned security from a compliance checkbox into the keystone that unlocks or blocks your entire market.
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AI Frontier Models · dma-compliance · ai-distribution · security-gatekeeping · competition-policy · market-access