BRUSSELS, Jan 27 (Reuters) - Alphabet's Google

will be given guidance by European Union antitrust regulators on

how to help online search rivals and artificial intelligence

developers access its services and its Gemini AI models, the

European Commission said ‌on Tuesday.

Google has long faced criticism from rivals who say its

market power gives it an unfair advantage, and ​are looking to

the EU's Digital Markets Act to give them a leg up. ‍The company

rejects the allegations.

"Today's proceedings under the Digital Markets Act ⁠will

provide guidance to ⁠Google to ensure that third-party online

search engines and AI providers enjoy the same access to search

data and Android ‌operating system as Google's own services, like

Google ​Search or Gemini," EU tech chief Henna Virkkunen said.

Google expressed concerns after the Commission, the EU's

competition enforcer, said it had opened two specification

proceedings ⁠after discussions with the U.S. tech ‍giant on ​how to

comply with the DMA, which aims to rein in Big Tech's power.

"Android is open by design, and we're already licensing

Search data to competitors under ‍the DMA," Clare Kelly, Google's

Senior Competition Counsel, said in a statement.

"However, we are concerned that further rules which are

often driven by competitor grievances rather than the interest

of consumers, will compromise user privacy, security, and

innovation," she added.

In one of the proceedings, regulators will spell out how

Google should grant third-party AI service providers equally

effective access ​to the ‍same features as those available to its

own AI services such as Gemini.

In the other, the Commission will detail how Google should

grant third-party providers of ​online search engines access to

anonymised ranking, query, click and view data held by Google

Search on fair, reasonable and non-discriminatory terms, and the

eligibility of AI chatbot providers to access the data.

"We want to maximise the potential and the benefits of this

profound technological shift by making sure the playing field is

open and fair, not tilted in favour of the largest few," EU

antitrust chief ​Teresa Ribera said in a statement.

Apple got similar guidance from the Commission on how it should

open up its closed ecosystem to rivals two years ago.

The Commission aims to wrap up proceedings within six

months.