Meta reopens WhatsApp to rival AI chatbots after EU scrutiny

Meta on Thursday said it will allow other companies to make their AI chatbots available through WhatsApp for a year, after the European Commission threatened interim measures if it did not.

In January, Meta had shut out rivals’ chatbots from WhatsApp, the most used messenger app in many European countries. The Commission opened an investigation into the issue in December.

Meta’s spokesperson also said that it would charge companies for offering chatbots through WhatsApp.

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