Google Ordered to Give A.I. Rivals More Access on Android Smartphones

> "Google was also ordered to begin sharing anonymized search engine data with rivals, including makers of A.I. chatbots, by January 2027, in an attempt to create more competition."

This is absolutely crazy. Can end users somehow opt out of this? I can't think of any level of anonymization that I would feel comfortable with sending my searches to some random third party.

Google's response: https://blog.google/company-news/inside-google/around-the-gl...

EU source: https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/ip_26_...