EU Orders Meta to Open WhatsApp to Rival AI Chatbots—Meta Calls It 'Regulatory Overreach'
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The European Commission is ordering Meta to open WhatsApp to rival AI chatbots within five days, issuing interim measures to restore third-party AI access to the WhatsApp Business API. Meta has called this move 'regulatory overreach', but the EU is pushing for increased competition in the messaging app space, potentially disrupting Meta's dominance and benefiting smaller players in the market.
The European Commission has issued interim measures forcing Meta to restore third-party AI access to the WhatsApp Business API within five days.