EU Forces Meta to Reopen WhatsApp to ChatGPT After Rare Antitrust Ord…

The EU invoked Article 8(1) interim measures—only the second use ever—to force Meta to restore ChatGPT and other rival AI assistants to WhatsApp across the EEA. Meta had blocked third-party AI bots in January 2026, citing server load; the enforcement order is now live, exposing a regulatory willingness to intervene in platform monopolies at speed. If you're building an AI product that depends on being plugged into someone else's platform—Slack, Teams, WhatsApp, Discord—you cannot rely on that access lasting. Meta locked ChatGPT out; the EU unlocked it, but that sword cuts both ways: regulators now expect you to fight in Brussels, not just in product.