WhatsApp ordered to host rival AI assistants for free

Meta has been ordered by the European Commission to reconstruct escaped WhatsApp entree for chatbots made by rival AI providers portion the regulator finishes its antitrust investigation. The uncommon interim measurement announced connected Tuesday was deemed indispensable "to forestall superior and irreparable harm to competition" successful the general-purpose AI adjunct market.

This is lone the 2nd clip that the EU has utilized the exigency powerfulness successful much than 20 years, Politico reports. It follows the launch of a ceremonial investigation successful December 2025 into whether Meta was abusing its marketplace dominance by banning third-party AI chatbots from its WhatsApp messaging platform. …

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