Apple delays AI feature launch in Europe, Citing EU Regulations

Apple has announced that it will delay the release of three new AI features in Europe until 2025 due to EU competition regulations that mandate interoperability, citing security concerns. However, these features will be available in the United States this autumn.

Apple will delay to release of three new AI features in Europe until later. This is because competition rules in the European Union require the company to ensure its devices can work with competing products and services.

The add-ons will come out in the US in the autumn, but not in Europe until 2025.

The company announced on Friday that it will not release three features—Phone Mirroring, SharePlay Screen Sharing improvements, and Apple Intelligence—to users in the EU this year.

This is because the EU’s Digital Markets Act (DMA) makes the rules unclear.

Apple said that the EU’s rules would force it to make its devices less safe. This has been an argument before, but EU officials have pushed back on it.

“In particular, we are worried that the DMA’s requirements for interoperability could force us to weaken the security and privacy of our users’ data and privacy,” Apple wrote in an email.

The EU’s executive arm said in a statement that Apple could come to the EU as long as it followed the rules.

Apple introduced Apple Intelligence earlier this month at its annual developer conference. It is a set of artificial intelligence features that work together with Siri and ChatGPT to search the web and create images or text.

Later this year, Apple will release the next version of its mobile operating system. With it, the helpful features will be able to search through a phone’s emails, texts, and photos to find specific information, if guided by the user.

Apple Announces New Features for iPhone, iPad, and Mac

The company stated that the features would be on the iPhone 15 Pro and the iPhone 15 Pro Max, as well as iPads and Macs with the M1 chip and later models.

iPhone  Mirroring on MacOS Sequoia allows you to see and interact with the phone’s screen on a Mac.

Apple said in a statement, “We are committed to working with the European Commission to try to find a solution that would allow us to deliver these features to our EU customers without putting their safety at risk.”

Apple repeatedly pledged to keep its new AI features a secret. CEO Tim Cook said at the beginning of June that the app’s features would “be grounded in your context, like your routine, your relationships, your communications, and more.”