EU orders Meta to give OpenAI and other AI rivals free access to WhatsApp

Social media giant Meta has been ordered by European Union antitrust regulators to give rival AI companies, including OpenAI, free access to WhatsApp while authorities continue investigating whether the company abused its market position, according to a Reuters report. The decision is part of an ongoing EU probe into claims that Meta unfairly blocked competing AI services from accessing WhatsApp while allowing its own Meta AI assistant to operate on the platform. Regulators said the move is necessary because the AI market is developing rapidly and access to messaging platforms could play a key role in how consumers use AI services in the future.

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