EU prepares antitrust probe into Meta’s AI integration in WhatsApp
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The European Commission is preparing a new antitrust investigation into Meta over how it embedded its Meta AI chatbot and assistant into WhatsApp across European markets. Regulators will assess whether this integration and any related blocking of rival chatbots breaches EU competition rules, adding to an Italian antitrust probe already examining Meta’s conduct around AI in WhatsApp.
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