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Meta says it will temporarily allow rival AI chatbots on WhatsApp in the EU.

The move is an effort to appease antitrust regulators from the European Commission, Reuters reports. Previously, competitors’ chatbots were being blocked on WhatsApp, but now Meta says that “for a fee” it will “support general purpose AI chatbots using ​the WhatsApp Business API in Europe” for the next 12 months.

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