European Commission orders Meta to restore free WhatsApp AI access
TL;DR: The European Commission ordered Meta to restore free access to WhatsApp for rival AI assistants and keep that access in place until its antitrust investigation ends. The order concerns interoperability access on WhatsApp in the European Union. The source report does not state a date for the order or name the rival AI assistants affected.
The European Commission ordered Meta to restore free access to WhatsApp for rival AI assistants and to maintain that access until the end of an antitrust investigation. The order applies in the European Union, according to telecoms.com.
The reported measure requires Meta to provide access to WhatsApp without charge to competing AI assistant providers while the investigation remains open. The source report describes the case as an antitrust matter but does not provide further procedural detail in the excerpt supplied.
WhatsApp is owned by Meta, and the Commission’s order focuses on access for rival AI assistants to the messaging platform. The source material provided does not specify the legal instrument used, the technical interface involved, or which companies sought access.
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