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Italy’s Antitrust Order Opening WhatsApp To Rival AI Chatbots Could Be A Game Changer For Meta Platforms (META)
Earlier this week, Italy’s Competition Authority ordered Meta Platforms to suspend contractual terms that kept rival AI chatbots off WhatsApp, requiring the company to allow competing services onto the messaging platform while an antitrust investigation continues.
This intervention goes beyond technical integration, striking at how much control Meta can exert over AI services inside WhatsApp, a core pillar of its future messaging and AI monetization plans.
We’ll now examine how Italy’s move...