„Siri AI will never come to the EU“

Link →John Gruber, der neben der ominösen Pressemeldung auch noch ein Briefing von Apple zum Ausbleiben von Siri AI in der EU bekommen hat1: There’s a massive gulf between what Apple is willing to do with Siri AI in the EU and what the Commission is demanding from Apple for DMA compliance. As things stand there’s no middle ground. Apple’s offers for compromise have been rejected. Unless one side changes its mind and concedes its current position, Siri AI will never come to the EU, and what Apple is saying here is that they’re unwilling to create the open-access-to-user-data system that the EC is demanding. Michael Tsai wiederum schätzt insbesondere Apples der EU vorgeschlagenen Plan zur Entwicklung in den nächsten 18 Monaten wie folgt ein: Apple is trying to give the impression that it did all this extra work to meet the DMA’s requirements, and yet the EC rejected its proposals, so it’s their fault Siri AI isn’t shipping in the EU. But it looks like the crux is that the Trusted System…