Meta opens WhatsApp to rival AI chatbots in Europe after EU antitrust threat
Meta Platforms plans to open WhatsApp in Europe to competing AI chatbots for the coming 12 months, following a warning from EU antitrust regulators who indicated possible intervention after allegations the company excluded rivals. The European Commission is considering interim measures—a stopgap step intended to head off major damage as its antitrust probe unfolds—in a dispute that’s turning into a key test of Brussels’ willingness to act quickly in AI. “We must protect effective competition in this vibrant field,” EU antitrust chief Teresa Ribera said last month.