EU Orders Meta to Open WhatsApp to Rival AI Assistants

The European Commission ordered Meta in April 2026 to grant competing AI assistants free access to WhatsApp, less than five months after launching its antitrust investigation. OpenAI and other providers now have binding rights to integrate their services. The speed of this enforcement—typically a years-long process—reflects the Commission's push to prevent any single AI provider from dominating WhatsApp's integration layer.