EU orders Meta to grant rival AI chatbots free access to WhatsApp within five days (heise.de)

• EU Commission orders Meta to provide free access for rival AI chatbots to WhatsApp Business API within five days
• Non-compliance may incur fines up to 10% of annual turnover
• Meta plans to appeal, calling the order a regulatory overreach

"The European Commission has issued interim measures ordering Meta to restore free access for third-party AI chatbots to WhatsApp's Business API within five working days. Non-compliance could result in fines up to 10% of annual turnover. Meta calls the order a regulatory overreach and plans to appeal. This is only the second time in over 20 years the EU has used such urgent measures."