EU orders Meta to open WhatsApp to rival AI chatbots for free (opens in new tab)  ⚖️Tech Policy  Content type: News

The measure follows the launch in December of an EU investigation into the US firm's policy of blocking access for AI providers other than Meta AI. The European Commission, the EU's digital watchdog, said Meta will have to maintain access to competitors until Brussels wraps up its probe. "Today, we require Meta to restore access to WhatsApp for competing AI assistants while we investigate whether the restrictions may infringe EU competition rules," EU antitrust commissioner Teresa Ribera said...