{"id":146795,"date":"2026-06-12T11:28:30","date_gmt":"2026-06-12T14:28:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ubirataonline.com.br\/eu-orders-meta-to-restore-free-access-to-ai-rivals-in-whatsapp\/"},"modified":"2026-06-12T11:28:31","modified_gmt":"2026-06-12T14:28:31","slug":"eu-orders-meta-to-restore-free-access-to-ai-rivals-in-whatsapp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ubirataonline.com.br\/en\/eu-orders-meta-to-restore-free-access-to-ai-rivals-in-whatsapp\/","title":{"rendered":"EU orders Meta to restore free access to AI rivals in WhatsApp"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"article\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mashable.com\/category\/whatsapp\" target=\"_blank\" data-ga-click=\"1\" data-ga-label=\"$text\" data-ga-item=\"text-link\" data-ga-module=\"content_body\">WhatsApp<\/a> will soon have to offer a choice of <a href=\"https:\/\/mashable.com\/category\/artificial-intelligence\" target=\"_blank\" data-ga-click=\"1\" data-ga-label=\"$text\" data-ga-item=\"text-link\" data-ga-module=\"content_body\">AI<\/a> assistants to users, at least in Europe.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/ec.europa.eu\/commission\/presscorner\/detail\/en\/ip_26_1276\" target=\"_blank\" data-ga-click=\"1\" data-ga-label=\"$text\" data-ga-item=\"text-link\" data-ga-module=\"content_body\" title=\"(opens in a new window)\">European Commission (EC) has ordered platform owner Meta<\/a> to restore free access to rival general purpose AI assistants in WhatsApp. This is an interim measure until the European Union&#8217;s executive body finishes its antitrust investigation; though, drawing from previous similar cases, it&#8217;s likely that the decision stays for good.<\/p>\n<p>Meta started blocking third party AI assistants in WhatsApp back in Oct. 2025, prompting the EC to launch its investigation into the measure in Dec. 2025. &#8220;The Commission is concerned that such new policy may prevent third party AI providers from offering their services through WhatsApp,&#8221; the cabinet <a href=\"https:\/\/ec.europa.eu\/commission\/presscorner\/detail\/en\/ip_25_2896\" target=\"_blank\" data-ga-click=\"1\" data-ga-label=\"$text\" data-ga-item=\"text-link\" data-ga-module=\"content_body\" title=\"(opens in a new window)\">said at the time<\/a>. <\/p>\n<div class=\"flex mx-auto mt-8 w-full max-w-3xl font-sans text-lg leading-normal md:text-xl md:leading-7\">\n        <span class=\"font-bold text-primary-400\">SEE ALSO:<\/span><br \/>\n        <a href=\"https:\/\/mashable.com\/tech\/meta-ai-data-center-tents\" class=\"flex items-center text-secondary-300\"><br \/>\n            <span class=\"ml-1\">Meta is building AI data centers in tents<\/span><br \/>\n            <svg class=\"ml-1 w-4 h-4 font-normal fill-current\"><use href=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/images\/icons\/spritemap.svg#sprite-arrow-right-thin\"\/><\/svg><br \/>\n        <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n<p>The EC&#8217;s position, in a nutshell, is that Meta has a dominant position in the realm of chat apps, and that it is abusing this position by preventing competing AI chatbots from running on its platform, favoring its own Meta AI chatbot instead. <\/p>\n<section x-data=\"window.newsletter({ isDeal: false })\" x-init=\"init()\" aria-label=\"Newsletter Sign-Up\" class=\"relative invisible my-12 mx-auto w-full max-w-3xl md:my-16 ziff-component accent-cut-for-gradient-bg accent-cut-border-for-gradient-bg bg-gradient-fuchsia-secondary p-[2px]\">\n<p>\n            <span class=\"text-gradient-fuchsia-secondary\">Mashable Light Speed<\/span>\n        <\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p>If that sounds familiar, just remember previous investigations by the EC, including those into <a href=\"https:\/\/mashable.com\/tech\/google-eu-antitrust-fine-dma\" target=\"_blank\" data-ga-click=\"1\" data-ga-label=\"$text\" data-ga-item=\"text-link\" data-ga-module=\"content_body\">Alphabet<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/mashable.com\/article\/google-choice-screen\" target=\"_blank\" data-ga-click=\"1\" data-ga-label=\"$text\" data-ga-item=\"text-link\" data-ga-module=\"content_body\">Google<\/a>, as well as <a href=\"https:\/\/mashable.com\/article\/apple-meta-fines-eu-tech-law-antitrust\" target=\"_blank\" data-ga-click=\"1\" data-ga-label=\"$text\" data-ga-item=\"text-link\" data-ga-module=\"content_body\">Apple and Meta<\/a>. Many of these hinge on one point: a dominant platform on the market is stifling innovation and hurting competitors by favoring its own products or outright banning others from competing on the platform. <\/p>\n<div id=\"related-video\" class=\"mx-auto mt-8 mb-12 w-full max-w-3xl font-sans md:mt-12 md:mb-16 text-primary-400\">\n<p><hr class=\"mx-auto border border-gray-100\"\/>\n        <strong class=\"py-4 mx-4 w-full min-w-max text-2xl\">Featured Video For You<\/strong><\/p>\n<hr class=\"mx-auto border border-gray-100\"\/>\n<div class=\"mx-auto mt-5 max-w-2xl\">\n<p>Is ChatGPT Changing the Way We Write?<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<hr class=\"mx-auto w-full border border-gray-100\" style=\"max-width:48rem !important;\"\/>\n<\/div>\n<p>The EC&#8217;s interim measure requires Meta to reinstate access for third-party general purpose AI assistants to the WhatsApp for free, and it has to do so within five working days. The investigation remains ongoing.<\/p>\n<p>Mashable has reached out to Meta and will update this article when we hear back. <\/p>\n<p><em>Update<\/em>: A Meta spokesperson got back to us with the following comment: &#8220;The European Commission has decided that OpenAI and some of the largest companies in the world can use the paid-for WhatsApp Business product for free. This is regulatory overreach subsidised by the many European companies that pay. We will appeal.\u201d<\/p>\n<section class=\"mx-auto max-w-7xl\">\n<div class=\"flex flex-wrap mt-8 w-full font-sans subtitle-2 editor-content\">\n<p>\n        <span class=\"mr-1.5 font-sans font-bold\">Topics<\/span><br \/>\n                    <a class=\"underline-link hover:no-underline text-secondary-300 mr-1.5\" href=\"https:\/\/mashable.com\/category\/artificial-intelligence\" aria-label=\"Navigate to the Artificial Intelligence tag\" data-ga-click=\"\" data-ga-label=\"$text\">Artificial Intelligence<\/a><br \/>\n                    <a class=\"underline-link hover:no-underline text-secondary-300 \" href=\"https:\/\/mashable.com\/category\/whatsapp\" aria-label=\"Navigate to the WhatsApp tag\" data-ga-click=\"\" data-ga-label=\"$text\">WhatsApp<\/a>\n            <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/section><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mashable.com\/tech\/eu-meta-whatsapp-free-access-ai\">Fonte do Artigo <\/a><br \/>\nSee more: <a href=\"https:\/\/theglobaltrack.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Global Track<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/corinthiames.com.br\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Corinthia Mes<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WhatsApp will soon have to offer a choice of AI assistants to users, at least in Europe. 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